• Livestream from creator @RealMattMoney appeared on official government page reserved for presidential addresses
• White House confirms awareness of incident and says investigation underway
• Episode adds to string of digital security concerns plaguing Trump administration

WASHINGTON, D.C. (TDR) — A White House website hijacked by a random YouTube livestream about personal finance left officials scrambling for answers Friday after the bizarre incident raised fresh concerns about digital security within the Trump administration.

The stream from content creator Matt Farley, who posts under the handle @RealMattMoney, appeared late Thursday on whitehouse.gov/live, the official page typically reserved for broadcasting presidential remarks and major administration announcements.

White House Website Hijacked for Nearly an Hour

The mysterious video appeared and disappeared on the government website for approximately one hour, with confirmed visibility lasting at least eight minutes. During that window, visitors to the official White House livestream page encountered Farley answering questions about investments rather than any official government content.

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The White House acknowledged the incident in a statement provided to media outlets.

“We are aware and looking into what happened.”

Officials have not clarified whether the website was breached by an outside actor or if someone within the government accidentally linked the video.

YouTuber Claims No Knowledge of White House Website Hijacked Incident

Farley, who describes himself as a “shepherd for individual investors,” expressed complete surprise when informed his more than two-hour livestream had appeared on one of the most prominent government websites in the world.

“If I had known my stream was going to go super public like that I would be dressed a bit nicer and had a few more pointed topics!”

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The content creator posted on X after learning of the situation, asking incredulously whether the reports were actually real. He later joked about meeting President Donald Trump, noting he would have prepared a different message had he known the world was watching.

Latest in Series of Digital Security Lapses

The incident arrives amid ongoing scrutiny of the Trump administration’s cybersecurity practices following multiple high-profile breaches over the past year.

Most notably, the March 2025 “Signalgate” scandal exposed serious vulnerabilities when National Security Advisor Mike Waltz accidentally added Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg to a Signal group chat where top officials including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Vice President JD Vance discussed classified military strike plans against Houthi rebels in Yemen.

That breach prompted bipartisan calls for investigation and raised questions about whether foreign adversaries could intercept sensitive communications.

Administration Faces Mounting Questions

While Thursday’s White House website hijacked episode appears far less serious than Signalgate from a national security perspective, critics argue it demonstrates continued carelessness regarding digital infrastructure.

The TeleMessage app used by administration officials was also reportedly hacked in May, though messages from senior officials were not compromised in that incident.

If a random YouTuber can accidentally end up broadcasting from the White House website, what does that say about the security of more sensitive government systems?

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