Trump Family Members Hacked and Used as Crypto Scam Agents

The X accounts of Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law and daughter were hacked in recent days in an attempt to market a token allegedly tied to World Liberty Financial, a new crypto project promoted by family members.

Lara and Tiffany Trump, wife of Eric Trump and daughter of Donald Trump, have shared an address for World Liberty Financial that they describe as the “sole official blockchain address.”

Shortly afterwards, Trump’s middle son Eric announced in a post on X that both profiles had been compromised and that the addresses were a “scam.” The following tweet was shared from the World Liberty Financial account: “WARNING: Lara’s and Tiffany Trump’s X accounts have been compromised. Do not click on any links or purchase any tokens shared from their profiles. We are working to fix the situation, but please be careful and do not fall for the scammers’ trap!”

This is the third token to make false claims of being associated with Trump, which has garnered the crypto industry’s admiration over the past few months.

Scam artist Martin Shkreli recently said that Trump’s youngest son Barron and a group of developers came together to launch the DJT token. However, no one from the Trump family has confirmed that this project is related to them. Another false project is Restore the Republic (RTR). RTR briefly reached a valuation of $155 million just before the project was taken down.

The attacks on the Twitter accounts came just hours after CoinDesk shared plans from DeFi platform World Liberty, which plans to launch a token called WLFI. The project doesn’t yet have an official launch date, but the whitepaper confirms that Donald Trump, who is running for president for a third time, will be the “crypto advocate in chief.” The project also names Eric, Donald Jr. and Barron Trump.