Trump Family X Accounts Hacked to Promote a Crypto Scam

The X accounts of a couple of Trump family members have been compromised by hackers who replaced the context with a crypto scheme.

Hackers constantly target social media accounts, no matter the platform. The bigger the accounts and their followings, the larger the bullseye. YouTube and X (formerly Twitter) are among the hackers’ preferred social networks.

In most cases, account takeover has a single purpose: to replace the original content with a crypto scheme, re-enforced with the use of deep fake videos of well-known personalities who seem to endorse the use of a coin or some harebrained investment platform that promises incredible gains.

While it might seem easy to catch these fraudsters when they compromise the account of a beauty and makeup influencer that suddenly peddles crypto schemes, it’s not as evident when the account owner has dabbled with crypto stuff in the past. His followers could have trouble distinguishing regular posts from crypto scams.

According to a Fortune report, the accounts of Lara and Tiffany Trump were briefly taken over by hackers who posted information about something called the World Liberty Financial. What makes this different is that World Liberty Financial has been discussed by Donald Trump and his family before.

The hackers kept a somewhat low profile and posted some seemingly bland information about World Liberty Financial. But they also posted a link to what appeared as the official website, where users could purchase tokens on the Solana blockchain.

The family said the two compromised accounts were locked down within minutes, but it’s difficult to say how many people believed the message and how many fell victims.