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A nude photo appeared on the official profile of the US president on the social network X. Hackers were able to exploit a bug in the link shortening service and replaced one of his photos.
His original post was published back in 2013 and contained a link to his YouTube channel. However, it was later replaced with the website of one of the meme cryptocurrencies created in honor of Trump, "Trump's Meat."
Since long links occupy a valuable place in posts on social network X, which at the time of publication still had a very strict character limit, the politician used the Bitly shortening service.
However, due to an error in the service, the original link turned out to be inactive, which hackers took advantage of, creating a similar shortcut, but which already leads to their site. After the update, Trump's post now shows a very unattractive picture.
“YUGE. YUGE ASF,” the caption to the link reads. These are American slang words that can be roughly translated as “Huge as a f***,” which was probably meant to symbolize the prospects of cryptocurrency.
Netizens were surprised:
"Can someone explain to me what's going on?"
"I thought this was created by AI";
"Has it been broken?" they wrote.
The photo doesn't actually show the real Trump. It was taken during Trump's first term by photographer Alison Jackson, who is known for her provocative poses. She used a heavily made-up man to create a series of parody photos showing the politician's lookalike having fun with half-naked models in the White House, spending money, and trying on military uniforms.
This included a photo of a woman applying characteristic orange paint to a doppelganger.
It is worth noting that before the election, Trump promised that he would reconsider the country's position on cryptocurrencies, which is why a series of humorous coins were created in his honor.
