Donald Trump Jr.'s X Account Hacked, Claims Dad Is Dead And North Korea Will Be Bombed

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Donald Trump Jr. was the unfortunate victim of an X hacking Wednesday morning.

Trump Jr. is prolific on X and boasts 10.4 million followers on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.

However, his followers were hit with some very troubling tweets Wednesday morning when the account tweeted, "I'm sad to announce, my father Donald Trump has passed away. I will be running for president in 2024."

Donald Trump Jr. victim of X hacking. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

The tweets also claimed "North Korea is about to get smoked," called Joe Biden the n-word and claimed there were "some interesting messages with Jeffrey Epstein."

The tweets are no longer up, but you can see a screenshot of them below.

Donald Trump Jr.'s X account hacked.

It didn't take long for Trump Jr.'s hacked tweets to blow up on X. At the moment, "hacked" and "Don Jr." are two of the highest trending terms on the site.

Turns out people waking up and seeing a tweet claiming Donald Trump is dead and his son is running for President is going to shock, stun and move the needle.

The first one I saw was "This just in: North Korea is about to get smoked," and I immediately started searching to see if war was imminent.

Donald Trump Jr.'s X account hacked, and tweeted North Korea was going to get "smoked." (Photo by Kim Won-Jin / AFP) (Photo by KIM WON-JIN/AFP via Getty Images)

Thanks, hackers! For a brief moment, I thought missiles were about to be flying. Nope. Just some hackers who managed to get inside Donald Trump Jr.'s X account.

This is a great reminder that you should always have as many roadblocks and thresholds for login access as possible. One minute, you just have a basic password to get in and, the next, someone can be tweeting about imminent war and death from your account.

Not great, folks. Not great at all.

Donald Trump Jr.'s X account hacked. (Photo by Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for NYFW: The Shows)

Fortunately, nothing tweeted from Donald Trump Jr.'s account this morning was real. That's good because a war with North Korea and Trump dying on the same day might literally break the internet.

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David Hookstead is a reporter for OutKick covering a variety of topics with a focus on football and culture. He also hosts of the podcast American Joyride that is accessible on Outkick where he interviews American heroes and outlines their unique stories. Before joining OutKick, Hookstead worked for the Daily Caller for seven years covering similar topics. Hookstead is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin.