Trump’s website defaced with claim that Trump admin created coronavirus

Enlarge / President Trump's campaign website during its brief defacement. (credit: Gabriel Lorenzo Greschler)

President Trump's website last night was briefly defaced by hackers who pitched a cryptocurrency scam and claimed that Trump has "criminal involvement" with election manipulation and that his administration was involved in creating the coronavirus.

Donaldjtrump.com is back to normal now, seeking donations and urging Trump supporters to register to vote. The defacement reportedly lasted less than 30 minutes on Tuesday evening. Trump-campaign spokesperson Tim Murtaugh issued a statement saying the campaign is "working with law enforcement authorities to investigate the source of the attack. There was no exposure to sensitive data because none of it is actually stored on the site. The website has been restored."

The website during its defacement had Department of Justice and FBI logos above a typo-filled message that said:

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