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There's no evidence in this story, I'd take it with a grain of salt.
Also you are going to tell me that his password was "maga2020!" and the millions of wannabe script kiddies and nation-states with massive computing power couldn't crack it but suddenly this guy does in five guesses?
The password format is surely the most common password pattern that everyone seems to have independently adopted
> 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.
Isn't this enough of a crime for some prison time? Is there some exception for registered researchers or something?
There's no evidence in this story, I'd take it with a grain of salt.
https://www.vn.nl/trump-twitter-hacked-again/:
Gevers comes up with a plan to make sure that this time the White House responds. He refuses to say what he did exactly, but in a tweet that has now been removed, he alludes to the fact that he was the one to post the Babylon Bee tweet in Trump’s name. Shortly after, he posted a tweet in his own name, tagging Trump and Team Trump, saying the Babylon Bee-tweet could now be removed, as it had served its purpose.
“I am not saying I did it. But what if I was the one to post the tweet? Then Trump will need to either admit to never having read the Babylon Bee article and posting this bullshit tweet, OR he will need to acknowledge that someone else posted the tweet.”
Breaking into a Twitter account to prove it is poorly secured is one thing, posting a tweet is another. “I took things further this time because our previous report obviously didn’t have any effect”, says Gevers. “I hope that everything will now be resolved soon, and that mister Trump sends us a message. ‘Thank you for your work/report.’ That should suffice and will round up things for both cases.”
The password format is surely the most common password pattern that everyone seems to have independently adopted
Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
> 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…