One of Donald Trump Jr.’s social media accounts was hacked Wednesday and began sending out false tweets, his political advisor said.
One of the posts from the X account of Trump Jr. falsely said his father, former President Donald Trump, had died, and that the younger Trump now was running for president. X formerly was known as Twitter.
Another tweet that blasted President Joe Biden contained profanity and a racial slur.
The posts appeared to have been taken down later.
“Don’s account has been hacked,” Trump Jr.’s advisor Andrew Surabian wrote in an X post of his own.
The elder Trump is the front-runner in the 2024 Republican presidential nomination contest. Trump Jr., with his brother Eric Trump, runs the family’s company, the Trump Organization.
The hack comes as X is continuing to face issues following its purchase last year by Elon Musk, who also heads Tesla and SpaceX.
The Center for Countering Digital Hate found that X Corp. failed to act on 99% of hate posted by Twitter Blue subscribers and questioned whether the social media platform’s algorithm boosts “toxic tweets.”
X has filed a lawsuit against the nonprofit research group.
Musk recently announced that X will be “moving to having a small, monthly payment for use of the X system.”