The White House's official website unexpectedly featured a financial management live stream, causing an uproar. The authorities have urgently launched a security investigation.

On the evening of December 18 local time, the core section of the official White House website experienced an anomaly. The "Real-Time Information" column, originally intended for live presidential speeches and policy announcements, unexpectedly accessed a segment of a financial management-themed live broadcast. The inappropriate footage was played for over 8 minutes, reappearing and disappearing within an hour, raising strong doubts globally about the White House's digital security.

After verification, the involved live stream came from Matt Farley, a 34-year-old petroleum engineer from Texas, USA, who has long shared stock investment knowledge on social media. The content featured on the White House website was taken from a two-hour financial Q&A live stream, primarily addressing retail investors' questions without any sensitive or aggressive remarks. In a subsequent interview, Farley clearly stated that he was unaware of the situation beforehand and had not received any contact from the government, jokingly mentioning that had he known he would appear on an authoritative platform, he would have dressed more formally and discussed more substantial topics.

After the incident occurred, the White House quickly responded, acknowledging the situation and launching a thorough investigation. The current core doubts focus on two main directions: whether the website has suffered illegal hacking and whether there was a configuration error or permission management oversight during an internal personnel live stream source switch. It is worth noting that the White House's live streaming system relies on Verizon's dedicated lines and transcoding standards, with permissions granted only to authorized media. This incident has directly exposed weak links in technical management.

This is not the first time the Trump administration has faced a digital security crisis. Over the past year, there have been several security incidents, including impersonation of officials, hacking of campaign team documents, and the erroneous transmission of confidential White House blueprints to all staff. This financial live stream blunder further exacerbates public distrust in the administration's security capabilities, and the subsequent investigation progress and system rectification actions are under close scrutiny from the outside world.