Trump 2020 campaign site HACKED in cryptocurrency scam as chilling message warns ‘classified information is exposed’
PRESIDENT Donald Trump's campaign website was hacked on Tuesday night in a cryptocurrency attack - with a chilling warning that claimed "classified information is exposed".
The "About" section of donaldjtrump.com was replaced with a page that claimed the site had been "seized" and listed a series of allegations claiming the Trump administration is both behind the coronavirus pandemic and is in "cooperation with foreign actors manipulating the 2020 elections".
The hack was first reported at around 7pm EST, but the website appeared to have returned to normal within the hour.
Department of Justice logos were featured above a fake warning and followed by the following text: "The world has had enough of the fake-news spreaded daily by president donald j trump."
"It is time to allow the world to know truth,” the page read.
Despite the hackers' claims, there's no indication that they had "full access to Trump and relatives" or that "internal and secret conversations" were exposed, the Trump campaign said.
Tim Murtaugh, Trump 2020 communications director, said that while the site had been hacked, there was no threat of a data breach.
Sensitive data wasn't exposed, as "none of it is actually stored on the site," he said, adding that law enforcement has been contacted.
The hackers claimed to have "classified information" that on the "origin of the coronavirus" and other data discrediting Trump.
"We have evidence that completely discredits Mr Trump as a president. proving his criminal involvement and cooperation with foreign actors manipulating the 2020 elections," the message read.
Two Monero cryptocurrency addresses were also provided.
Monero is a cryptocurrency that's easy to send but difficult to track, and has been associated with similar website hacks.
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One address was for people who wanted the "strictly classified information" released, while a second was for those who preferred to keep it secret.
After an unspecified deadline, the cryptocurrency amounts would be compared and the higher total would determine what would happen with the data.
The page was signed with a PGP public key corresponding to an email address at a non-existent domain, according to Yahoo! News.