Dutch paper says a hacker was able to get into Trump's Twitter account easily - password "maga2020"

[highplainsdem]

Link to tweet

https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/985480884/nederlander-hackte-twitteraccount-trump-wachtwoord-was-maga2020?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=seeding-telegraaf





English translation:

Dutchman hacked Twitter account Trump: 'Password was maga2020!'



Trump used the password 'maga2020!' (make america great again) and would not have put in extra security. The Dutchman is ethical hacker Victor Gevers, who has already reported many thousands of data breaches and other vulnerabilities on the Internet. It took him seven attempts to guess the password of the American president, he told Free Netherlands.


Trump used the password 'maga2020!' (make america great again) and would not have put in extra security. The Dutchman is ethical hacker Victor Gevers, who has already reported many thousands of data breaches and other vulnerabilities on the Internet. It took him seven attempts to guess the password of the American president, he told Free Netherlands.

"I thought 'oh god' when I was logged in," Gevers told RTL Nieuws. "I just don't want to be able to get in, especially with such an important account."

[soothsayer]

1. Dummy

[TheBlackAdder]

28. His New Password: IDEB123 for his four kids Ivanka Don, Eric & Barron. Looks like he forgot Tiffany.

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Forgot Tiffany, AGAIN!

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[BigOleDummy]

41. Hey Hey Hey!!!!!!

Us dummies have standards you know. To lump us in with THAT piece of dog excrement does a disservice to all the dummies in the world. A better term would be idiot or simpleton! We REAL dummies object to being lumped in with that thing.

[soothsayer]

43. My apologies. I have great respect for crash test dummies

And the ones all those books are written especially for.

Simpleton it is!

[highplainsdem]

2. Another tweet and linked article about this:

Link to tweet

[Doodley]

3. This needs an investigation.

[BlueTsunami2018]

4. If true, that was a terribly wasted opportunity.

But I find it hard to believe.

[BComplex]

6. Wasted opportunity, indeed!

[Calista241]

14. A more nefarious person could have started a war.

Just imagine if his twitter account started tweeting about a bunch of B2 bombers on their way to nuke Tehran or Moscow.

[BlueTsunami2018]

17. I think military systems, satellites and all would easily disprove that.

Before it even got close to a war.

I would have definitely had some fun with it though.

[eggplant]

45. You might be surprised.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_begin_bombing_in_five_minutes

[TwilightZone]

15. That's not why ethical hackers do this stuff.

The purpose is to expose a lack of security in an effort to increase awareness. Using that for personal or political gain doesn't fit the purpose.

[jcgoldie]

5. damn

too bad he didnt have more fun with this.

[Lucky Luciano]

31. Well what's he gonna say in a Twitter hack?

He could say I grabbed ‘em all by the pussy, but that’s just something he would do anyway. Nobody would believe it’s a hack, but he would try so hard to say it was! LOL

[MineralMan]

7. I'm betting that has been changed by now.

How moronic! Apparently, the President of the United States does not take advice from his computer technicians. That is about the most transparent password I can imagine for Trump. Plus, no two-step verification. Trump's Twitter account was ripe for the hacking.

Probably, our aging President needed a password that was easy for him to remember.

[Binkie The Clown]

11. Here you go

[dalton99a]

16. +1

[MineralMan]

18. LOL!

[safeinOhio]

34. His top IT guy is Rudy.

[MineralMan]

44. LOL!

[PatSeg]

8. "maga2020"?

Seriously? I know Trump isn't very bright, but that is insane.

[Binkie The Clown]

9. While he was logged in as Trump he should have siply change the password

to something that Trump doesn't know, effectively locking him out, for a little while at least.

[TheBlackAdder]

26. Change the password, the email, the challenge questions, the two-phase authentication.

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Really fuck up the resetting of the account.

The problem is, no smart American would do that, else they'd get arrested.

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[Klaralven]

47. A smart American wouldn't get arrested. But why lock the Russians out of Trump's account?

[TheBlackAdder]

49. Even the best hacker, using VPNs, atomizing themselves can be tracked down if enough effort spent.

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The NSA just tracking down one person wouldn't take them long at all, even if jumping multiple proxy servers.

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[FakeNoose]

29. I know right? He would have shut Chump up for good!

[IngridsLittleAngel]

10. Sounds like fake news to me...

I doubt his password is really "maga2020".. I would've bet real money that it was "Ivanka".

[TheBlackAdder]

27. His new password: Old2POld4Me

[Newest Reality]

12. Doh!

"It sounded good. Aren't good sounding passwords secure? Especially the best words and numbers?"

[jcgoldie]

13. He had to change it from 123456789

Our top secret info is safe with this clown!

[Klaralven]

50. Amazing

[Mme. Defarge]

19. Merde!

[gratuitous]

20. Dangit, Victor

Now all those countries that have been enjoying unfettered access to Trump's twitter account, peeking over his digital shoulder at everything he keyed in with his stubby little thumbs, are going to have to take a flyer on the new password. That's going to take a minute, maybe a minute and a half, to guess at.

[Takket]

21. 12345

[Crowman2009]

35. You read my mind!

[WhiskeyGrinder]

22. Is there corroboration of this anywhere that doesn't come from Gevers?

[Celerity]

23. If you read the article......

The evidence that Gevers had access to Trump's Twitter account has been viewed by RTL Nieuws and Vrij Nederland.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

24. Evidence provided by Gevers, though, right?

[Celerity]

30. If they witnessed him logging in, it is hard to refute, but perhaps email the news outlets and ask,

if you have serious doubts. I assume they were given enough proof to a level where they put their reputation on the line.

They usually reply (I almost always get replies, even from some very famous US reporters).

cheers

[TheBlackAdder]

25. Didn't Kanye show a realy stupid password on television, that being 00000?

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Must be the circle of friends.

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[Harker]

33. A credit card machine at a bookshop where I worked

was given "oh-oh-oh-oh" for a password.

I told the owner it would be easy for me to remember because it's something I say all the time.

[Harker]

32. Given the blurry lines between official statement

via tweet and his usual rabble-rousing blather, hacking that account could have led to catastrophe.

Moreso than usual, I mean.

[uppityperson]

36. I thought this was satire

[AllaN01Bear]

37. this , the most secure password ever.

hem

[Gymbo]

38. A lost opportunity

The very least he should have done was post a quick note. 'Therefore, at noon tomorrow I shall resign the office of the president.'

[mjvpi]

42. You win. I was trying to think of the perfect tweet. And I was even there...

... when it DID happen. I’m old.

[tanyev]

39. Did cybersecurity expert Rudy Giuliani help set that up?

[greenjar_01]

40. What was it Tillerson said about this fucking guy?

[TomVilmer]

48. I was last week forced to change my basic 6 characters long password...

... which I had not updated since 2001, where it was 3 characters long. My host changed the system, so I had to make it a bit stronger . It protects my email account - same name since 1997. I am really lazy with security, but quite good with backup.

I also had the same password at Hotmail and Google Mail for ten years. When they both made it "impossible" to reuse the same password again and again, I found a way to keep it anyway: Just change it more than 100 times with a macro, and the old one could be used again...

But well, I am not a moronic world leader, who should know better than being this stupid.