What is the password for twitter of Donald Trump?
A Dutch hacker guessed it: MAGA2020!
The acronym for Make America Great Again United States), motto of Trump, and the year allowed to Victor Gevers successfully connect to the president’s account.
Dutch prosecutors consider the hack proven, but say Gevers will not be sanctioned because “acted statically”.
Gevers shared what he said were screenshots from inside Trump’s account on Oct. 22, during the final stage of the U.S. presidential election.
But at that time the White House denied that the president had been hacked and Twitter said it had no evidence of him.
Regarding the latest inquiries, Twitter said: “We have not seen evidence to corroborate this claim, including the article published in the Netherlands. We are proactively implementing account security measures for a certain group of related high-profile people. with elections in the United States, including those of the federal government “.
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The White House has not responded to the request for additional comments on this issue.
Gevers said he was very pleased with the outcome.
“It’s not just about my job, it’s about all the volunteers looking for vulnerabilities on the internet,” the hacker expressed.
Gevers, who is a cybersecurity researcher, said he was conducting a semi-regular barring of the Twitter accounts of high-profile U.S. election candidates on Oct. 16, when President Trump’s password was guessed.
Dutch police said: “The hacker released the login on his own.”
“He later told police he had investigated the security of the password because it was there great interests involved if this Twitter account could be stolen shortly before the presidential election. “
Police sent the findings to the US authorities, he added.
Gevers told officers he had much more evidence of “hacking.”
In theory, he could see all the details of the president, including:
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photos and private messages
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privately marked tweets
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how many people he had blocked
The president’s account, which he has 89 million followers, is now safe.
However, Twitter has refused to answer direct questions from the BBC, despite the fact that the account has additional security or records that an unknown login has been shown.
Earlier this year, Gevers also claimed that he and other security investigators will log on to Trump’s Twitter account in 2016 using a password, “you are fired“(you’re fired), linked to another of your social media accounts in a previous data leak.
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