Hackers attack Trump by hacking and defacing US military websites

The US military has reportedly fixed two of its websites that were defaced to display pro-Kurdish messages and call out President Donald Trump, the latest case of hackers breaching federally run systems in recent months.

Security researcher Ronald Lovelace Tell Cyberscoop, who Reported for the first time Following the defacements, error pages were modified on two US Army websites, the Open Innovation Lab and the AI ​​Integration Center, which test and integrate artificial intelligence and other technologies into emerging technologies.

Malformed messages will appear when someone tries to visit a web page that is not on the websites.

Error pages on the websites were altered with messages calling Trump a “pedophile” and “thief,” likely a reference to the president’s name being widely mentioned in files held by the Justice Department on the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The letters also mentioned Tom Barrack, the current US ambassador to Türkiye, and called for a “free Kurdistan.”

The distortions were visible as of Monday, according to Cyberscoop. The newspaper contacted the army, which removed the pages shortly after.

The US military did not say how the error pages were defaced. Army websites appear to run on WordPress and rely on several plugins, which can be targeted by hackers seeking to break into websites. It is not clear whether any data was stolen during the incident. Cyberscoop said the military was investigating the incident.

A US Department of Defense spokesperson did not respond to TechCrunch’s request for comment.

Hackers usually deface or modify websites, with the aim of raising awareness about political issues, but such attacks It can also be devastating. Earlier this year, hacktivists targeted the US Department of Homeland Security and released troves of records related to contracts that enable US immigration authorities, such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement, to carry out deportations.

The Department of Homeland Security confirmed another breach this week after hackers infiltrated it One of the administration’s intelligence-sharing platforms was broken into Used to pass information between state, local and federal authorities.