At least two X accounts of former President Donald Trump’s family have been hacked, with attackers posting several links to sham crypto projects.
The official X accounts of Lara and Tiffany Trump fell prey to the hacks on Sept. 4, and the exploits were flagged in a message to the official Telegram group chat of Trump’s new decentralized finance (DeFi) project World Liberty Financial.
Source: World Liberty Financial
Users were warned not to engage with or click on any links posted by the accounts until the issue was fixed.
“Do NOT click on any links or purchase any tokens shared from their profiles. We’re actively working to fix this, but please stay vigilant and avoid scams!” World Liberty Financial said.
Some eagle-eyed X users have claimed the accounts have been making announcements with malicious links, pointing out that both Eric Trump and Donald Trump previously said tradeable tokens or memecoins would be launched by World Liberty Financial.
Source: Chase
The hacks come as Castle Island Ventures partner Nic Carter warned that Trump’s new DeFi project World Liberty Financial presented the “juiciest” opportunity to hackers, especially those looking to damage Trump’s chances of winning the US presidential election.
“I think it genuinely damages Trump’s electoral prospects, especially if it gets hacked, it’ll be the juiciest DeFi target ever and it’s forked from a protocol that itself was hacked,” wrote Carter in a Sept. 4 post to X.
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