Security News > 2020 > October > Trump Campaign Website Defaced by Cryptocurrency Scam

UPDATE. Hackers took over President Trump's 2020 election campaign website late Tuesday, replacing parts of the site with a cryptocurrency scam before returning it to its original content several minutes later.

"While the hacked page claimed that the threat actors responsible compromised"multiple devices" that gave them "full access" to internal and secret conversations" of "Trump and relatives," there is no evidence that these statements are true, according to the Trump campaign.

The Trump campaigned acknowledged the hack late Tuesday, saying that the team is working with law enforcement to investigate the source of the attack and asserting that the attackers had zero access to classified data.

"If Trump's Twitter account is anything to go by, last week a security researcher 'guessed' his Twitter password as 'maga2020!' Many have speculated that Trump writes some tweets while staff write others, given the changes in tone that occur throughout the account. Ultimately, this means that we can guess he shares the password with staffers which is not considered a best practice," wrote Walsh in an email interview with Threatpost.

"If Trump can't even secure his own campaign website, then how can he secure the country?" tweeted Dr. Eugene Gu, founder and CEO of CoolQuit.

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https://threatpost.com/trump-website-defaced/160634/