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Trump's Twitter account hacked after Dutch researcher guessed password?

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Re: Trump's Twitter account hacked after Dutch researcher guessed password?

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Post by monoideism »

paramost wrote: post #16
ganoushoreilly wrote: post #3

There's no evidence in this story, I'd take it with a grain of salt.

The guy has apparently done it before. Edit: dutch media are reporting that they have seen evidence that backs up his claim.

Done what?

Re: Trump's Twitter account hacked after Dutch researcher guessed password?

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Post by darepublic »

AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #11

> Gevers said the ease with which he accessed Trump’s account suggested the president was not using basic security measures like two-step verification. I am gobsmacked that Twitter allowed his account to continue without some kind of additional security measures like 2FA or geo-IP checking. This is a guy that could literally start World War III by sending a tweet like, "Eat shit, China! Missiles on their way!" And Tw…

lets integrate the nukes with twitter and IFTTT.

Re: Trump's Twitter account hacked after Dutch researcher guessed password?

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Post by paramost »

monoideism wrote: post #23
paramost wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The guy has apparently done it before. Edit: dutch media are reporting that they have seen evidence that backs up his claim.

Done what?

He's logged into Trumps account before. His password was 'yourefired' at the time.

Re: Trump's Twitter account hacked after Dutch researcher guessed password?

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Post by ralphm »

st1x7 wrote: post #10
gauravphoenix wrote: post #6

wait, really? there is no two factor auth on his account? Actually, someone observed that while he was debating last time with Biden his account was tweeting. So it is sort of make sense - the password is likely shared which makes two factor auth hard.

There is now.

In this Dutch article (https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/nieuws/buitenland/artikel/5191916/d...) it is suggested that they didn't use two-step verification because it would be cumbersome for his campaign team.

Whether or not this is true, Twitter definitely needs to start having multi-user functionality. Beyond TweetDeck Teams.

Re: Trump's Twitter account hacked after Dutch researcher guessed password?

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Post by polytely »

dmode wrote: post #13
ganoushoreilly wrote: post #3

There's no evidence in this story, I'd take it with a grain of salt.

Agreed. If the password was that simple it would have hacked a while back

I mean who knows how many intelligence agencies are reading his DM's. If I knew Trumps password I wouldn't do anything that would make it clear that I knew it.
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