The X accounts of Lara and Tiffany Trump, relatives of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, were hacked to promote a scam involving a fake cryptocurrency venture called World Liberty Financial. The incident occurred as Donald Trump prepares to launch his crypto policy platform. The hacked posts falsely endorsed the venture, sharing links to fraudulent websites. Eric Trump quickly responded, declaring the scam and stating that both accounts had been compromised. Although the posts were deleted, screenshots of the scam circulated.
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00:02The ex-accounts of Lara and Tiffany Trump, both relatives of Republican presidential
00:07nominee Donald Trump, were hacked to promote a scam involving a fake cryptocurrency venture
00:11called World Liberty Financial.
00:14The incident occurred as Donald Trump prepares to launch his crypto policy platform.
00:18The hacked post falsely endorsed the venture, sharing links to fraudulent websites.
00:23Eric Trump quickly responded, declaring the scam and stating that both accounts had been
00:27compromised.
00:28Although the posts were deleted, screenshots of the scam circulated.
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