Donald Trump hits another roadblock. This time, some of his personal information has been made public. Gawker somehow managed to get hold of Trump and published it. They also had this to say, "Since Trump ... has decided that opening up a direct, personal channel of communications between his supporters and his primary opponents is a noble campaign tactic, we think it's only fair and right that Republican primary voters be able to reach out to Trump himself."
This, of course, is in retaliation against Trump when he himself revealed the personal cellphone number of Sen. Lindsey Graham, Republican from South Carolina last month. This attack was a clear personal swipe at one of his rivals to the White House and he got a taste of his own medicine.
A spokesperson of the current front runner, Corey Lewandowksi, said that the number was old and no longer one that the mogul uses. Additionally, Mr. Trump "has many private cellphone numbers, and the posting of this number does not affect him at all." Any attempt to reach the 917 number ends in a generic voice mail message saying, "Please leave your name and message and we'll get back to you shortly."
While Gawker clearly has its own agenda for running the article "Call Donald Trump and Ask Him About His Important Ideas," last Monday, other parties seemed to have similar ideas. Hackers had a field day and decided to attack Trump.com.
Aides announced that it has traced the hacks to non-public pages inside Trump.com. A tribute and advertisement to comedian Jon Stewart were posted here. Aides say that the hack was more of a prank than anything else. The temporary entry of the hackers lasted no more than half an hour and did not affect any navigational components within Trump.com. No corporate information was accessed in this way either.
