The X accounts of two family members close to Republican nominee Donald Trump were hacked on Tuesday as part of an alleged “scam aimed at cashing in” on the Trump family’s new crypto platform.
The timeline of these events began shortly after 8:15 p.m. ET, when Lara Trump (Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law and Republican National Committee co-chair) announced the launch of a digital currency project, dubbed World Liberty Financial in an X post. Lara Trump’s exclusive scoop on X revealed details on a potential coin and website to Trump’s 1.7 million followers. Moments later, Tiffany Trump’s (Donald Trump’s daughter) X account echoed similar details with a supplementary website link. The website link in these posts was created on Tuesday and registered via an anonymous domain hosting platform called Njalla Okta LLC, according to domain lookup site WhoIs.com.
To add to the chatter on X, Eric Trump (Lara Trump’s husband and Donald Trump’s son) alerted the masses that these tweets from his family were in fact “a scam,” cautioning followers that both “profiles have been compromised.” All these posts, including Eric Trump’s clarification, have since been deleted from X. Sources revealed to NBC News that Trump’s World Liberty project was already delayed by a week in the last week of August. The crypto project comes as a result of Trump’s keynote address at the annual Bitcoin Conference in July, where he declared his vision for crypto developments and innovation in the US.
Donald Trump says “If you’re in favor of Crypto, you better vote for Trump” pic.twitter.com/5AGYIfsNOg
— Randi Hipper (@missteencrypto) May 9, 2024
Tuesday’s hack caused the price of Solana to dip by 9% before recovering to $126 levels.
