Cryptocurrency [loss] $2M+

"Hackers breach social media accounts of Lara and Tiffany Trump"

2024-09-03 [vendor] Trump family Twitter accounts compromised [chain] ethereum
Primary Source ↗
Financial Loss $1.8M (1,800,000 USD)
Affected 2K individuals/accounts
Blockchain(s) Ethereum

Incident Details

The Twitter accounts belonging to Lara and Tiffany Trump were compromised and used to announce a fake launch of the (unfortunately real) World Liberty Financial project that their family has been promoting. Donald Trump’s son Eric tried to warn people of the scam, but in doing so retweeted the scam tweet containing the malicious token address.The posts were deleted and accounts were locked down very quickly by Twitter, but not before approximately 2,000 people bought around $1.8 million of the fake token.

Total loss estimated at $1,800,000.

Technical Details

Initial Attack Vector
Smart contract exploit / hack
Vendor / Product
Trump family Twitter accounts compromised

Timeline

  1. 2024-09-03 Breach occurred
  2. 2024-09-03 Publicly disclosed