Donald Trump Jr.'s X, formerly Twitter, account appeared to have been hacked on Wednesday morning, with a string of bizarre tweets posted.
"I'm sad to announce, my father Donald Trump has passed away. I will be running for president in 2024," Trump Jr.'s account wrote in the first post following the apparent breach.
In a series of other posts, which were captured in screenshots by Newsweek, Trump Jr.'s account was seen mentioning Jeffrey Epstein and North Korea. As of 9 a.m. ET on Wednesday morning, the bizarre posts had been deleted.
"This just in: North Korea is about to get smoked," Trump Jr.'s account wrote in another post.
Additionally, Trump Jr.'s account also called out President Joe Biden, saying that he is a "Stupid A** [n-word]"
A number of other social media users shared screenshots of the posts from Trump Jr.'s account, saying that he was hacked.
Raheem Kassam, the editor in chief of the National Pulse, wrote on X that he was able to confirm that Trump Jr.'s X account was hacked, saying: "The statement below is untrue, nor are subsequent tweets from this account."
Trump Jr.'s brother, Eric Trump, also commented on the hack on X jokingly writing that "I don't want @DonaldTrumpJr to get his account back - this is all too entertaining."
In another post, Eric Trump joked about what his brother's X password could be.
"I am guessing someone has hacked Donald Trump Jr.'s account," reporter Matthew Gertz wrote on X.
X user ALX wrote: "Yes, Donald Trump Jr.'s account has been hacked. X team aware and working on it."
X user James Klüg shared a screenshot of Trump Jr.'s bio while the account was hacked and wrote, "Donald Trump Jr's hacker has updated his bio."
Conservative personality Ian Miles Cheong wrote, "Looks like the party's over. @DonaldTrumpJr appears to have regained access to his account."
Newsweek reached out to a spokesperson for former President Donald Trump via email for more information.
In December 2020, a Dutch hacker by the name of Victor Gevers claimed to have hacked Donald Trump's Twitter account by guessing the password.
According to The Guardian, Dutch prosecutors issued a statement at the time saying: "We believe the hacker has actually penetrated Trump's Twitter account, but has met the criteria that have been developed in case law to go free as an ethical hacker."
"Both the hacker and the American authorities have been informed of the outcome of the investigation," the statement added.
However, at the time, both the White House and Twitter denied reports that Trump's account was hacked.
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