Trump Family Linked to Dubious Memecoin Launch—Hacked or Involved?

Scammers recently compromised the X accounts of Lara and Tiffany Trump to promote a fraudulent Solana-based memecoin. The hack, confirmed by several users on X, including Lara Trump’s husband, Eric Trump, occurred on September 4. The attackers used the accounts to advertise a fake token related to a supposed Trump family decentralized finance project called World Liberty Financial.

One of Lara Trump's now-deleted posts falsely promoted the token, WL, as the official "governance token" for the Trump family’s project. The hackers shared a contract address for the token and a link to a Telegram group to make the scheme appear legitimate. Tiffany Trump’s account was also used to endorse these scam posts in an attempt to lure more users.

Soon after the posts appeared, Eric Trump and the official World Liberty Financial X account alerted users to the hack and advised against purchasing any tokens. Eric Trump mentioned that both accounts were "locked down" shortly after the breach, but not before the posts had already attracted attention, including a response from Caitlyn Jenner, who noted that she commented but quickly removed her remarks.

Dexscreener data shows the token’s price briefly surged to 0.005314 SOL, up from 0.0001286 SOL, within hours of going live. However, by the time of reporting, the token’s price had plummeted by over 90% from its peak.

This incident is not the first time scammers have used the Trump family name to promote fake memecoins. In June, a token called DJT, falsely linked to Donald Trump and his son Barron Trump, was involved in a rug pull. The Trump family did not confirm any connection to that project. Another Solana-based initiative, Restore The Republic, also claimed ties to Donald Trump, but Eric Trump publicly denied any affiliation.

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