The campaign site of outgoing US President Donald Trump, a candidate for reelection in the November 3 election, was briefly hacked on Tuesday, October 27. “This site has been entered”, indicated a message published for a few minutes on a page of donaldjtrump.com, one week before the poll: “The world is fed up with the false information that the president spreads every day. “
Trump campaign website now seems to be down. This is part of the message that was showing on the site just a few m… https://t.co/X3lTWvgYsB
The message that appeared on Donald Trump’s campaign site, captured and posted by CNN reporter Donie O’Sullivan on his Twitter account, on the night of October 27-28.
A probable scam
The authors of the hack then claimed to have confidential information on Mr. Trump and his administration, or on “The true origin of the coronavirus”, and asked for the payment of cryptocurrencies to reveal their content. A mechanism reminiscent of common practices in online scams.
A spokesperson for the “Trump 2020” campaign, Tim Murtaugh, confirmed the hack in a statement and said he is working with police to find out the source. “No sensitive data was exposed because the site does not contain any”, he stressed.
