<span style="font-weight: 400">With the U.S. presidential election around the corner, President <a href="https://www.cryptoknowmics.com/news/us-president-donald-trump-i-am-not-a-fan-of-bitcoin/">Donald Trump</a> became the victim of a cyber attack. The Trump campaign website, “donaldjtrump.com” was attacked by the hackers for about half an hour and asked to donate Monero from the supporters. President Trump supporters were unable to access the website for about half an hour.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400">As per the notice posted by the hackers, it came out that they wanted to let people know something about President Trump in return for Monero. To a surprise, most of the Trump supporters sent <a href="https://www.cryptoknowmics.com/news/attackers-hijack-azure-machine-learning-software-of-microsoft-to-mine-monero/">Monero</a> very quickly to the hackers even when they were unable to access the website. </span>

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<h2><b>Hackers Claim President Trump Spreads Fake-News Regularly </b></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400">Within 30 minutes, the hackers have <a href="https://decrypt.co/46475/hackers-attack-trump-website-ask-for-monero">posted</a> a notice to notify that the website was seized. The hacker went on saying that President Trump spreads fake-news daily and now people have had enough of it. According to the hackers, they somehow gained access to compromised devices through which they gained several crucial information. </span>

<span style="font-weight: 400">It also claimed that the Trump administration was involved in the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is still not clear whether this information holds any credibility or not. However, a thing like this coming out during such a crucial time of election might have a major impact on the image of President Trump.</span>
<h2><b>Attackers Insisted Users to Send Monero</b></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400">Monero was the highlight of this attack as the hackers insisted the readers to send them Monero in return for sharing the data. According to a spokesperson of the President Trump campaign, the hackers were not able to take any sensitive data from the website. Generally, crypto scams are really normal at present and it seems that Monero is the favorite one of the hackers among all. The reason being that in the past some time, most of the hacks and ransomware attacks were focused on Monero.</span>

President Trump Might Face Trouble As Campaign Website Got Attacked

With the U.S. Presidential elections around the corner, President Trump became the victim of a cyber attack as his campaign website was attacked for Monero.

Vandana has received Master of Arts degree in English from GEU Dehradun. She is currently working as a content writer with Agio Support Solutions and earlier worked as a sub-news editor at Business News and Information Services Private Limited. She is an enthusiastic content writer and aims to bring a compelling yet informative content to the audience. Meanwhile, enhancing her own knowledge in the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry.

President Trump Might Face Trouble As Campaign Website Got Attacked

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