Donald Trump’s campaign website was reportedly hijacked by cryptocurrency scammers on Tuesday.
A message appeared on the president’s website that stated “this site has been seized” and the hackers claimed to have information that proved his ‘manipulation’ of the election.
The hackers accused the Trump administration of being involved in the origin of the coronavirus and they also claimed to be in possession of evidence that could discredit Trump.
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The message said it had information that “discredits” the president and his family, and it demanded cryptocurrency to either release or withhold the information.
The site soon appeared to go offline, and it was restored without the hacked message a short time later.
A spokesman for the Trump campaign, Tim Murtaugh, said the “website was defaced and we are working with law enforcement authorities to investigate the source of the attack.”
“There was no exposure to sensitive data because none of it is actually stored on the site,” he said. “The website has been restored.”