Former President Donald Trump’s online page was hacked on Monday and disfigured through a so-called pro-Turkey “hacktivist,” about a year after online vandals also targeted Trump and Biden’s crusade sites, the newest in a series of virtual attacks targeting American businesses and politicians. Entities.
Earlier Monday, Trump’s “Action” segment featured a video of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the message “Hacked via RootAyyildiz” and links to Facebook and Instagram pages containing references to Turkey and Erdogan.
On Monday afternoon, all references to Turkey were removed and action. donaldjtrump. com redirected to the homepage of Trump’s website.
Trump’s online page first gave the impression of being dirty with references to RootAyyildiz until Oct. 9, according to archived versions of the page.
RootAyyildiz’s identity is unclear, however, in a message to Forbes from a Facebook account connected to the demoted website, RootAyyildiz claimed to be a 19-year-old “hacktivist” from Turkey who apparently targeted Trump 3 months ago to protest against the United States for its “anti-Turkish and anti-Islamic” positions.
Trump’s workplace did not respond to a request for comment.
Trump’s crusade online page was also reportedly defaced last October by hackers who claimed, without any evidence, that they had classified data that denigrated Trump. and Infrastructure Security Agency.
Hackers who support Turkey, a longtime NATO member whose appointments with the U. S. USA They have deteriorated in recent years, they have attacked American entities in the past. Part of the biden crusade site was disfigured with references to Turkey and RootAyyildiz in mid-November. gave the impression of referring to this incident in a March report on foreign interference in the 2020 election, alleging that Turkish nationalists had downgraded a presidential candidate’s online page (the federal report did not recommend that the Turkish government be connected to the hack). Turkish hackers also took several U. S. news Twitter accounts in 2018, cybersecurity company CrowdStrike told CNBC.
U. S. entities have faced a wave of cyberattacks and online influence operations in recent years. In particular, US intelligence agencies claim that Russia used social media and state media to sow discord and influence the 2020 presidential election in Trump’s favor, after hackers connected with russians. Russia-based teams have also been accused of cyberattacks on a major U. S. pipeline. The U. S. , a major beef manufacturer, and several U. S. government agencies have been in the U. S. There was any link to hacking campaigns, but some experts claim those attacks were carried out with the tacit help of the government.
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I’m a breaking reporter at Forbes, already covering news for the Boston Guardian and graduating from Tufts University in 2019.
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