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(94,547 posts) Thu Oct 22, 2020, 11:39 AM Oct 2020

Trump's Twitter Account Was Hacked [View all]

Source: Political Wire

President Trump’s Twitter account was hacked last week, after a Dutch researcher correctly guessed the president’s password: “maga2020!”, according to de Volkskrant.

“Victor Gevers, a security expert, had access to Trump’s direct messages, could post tweets in his name and change his profile. Gevers took screenshots when he had access to Trump’s account.”

Read more: https://politicalwire.com/2020/10/22/trumps-twitter-account-was-hacked/

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Trump's Twitter Account Was Hacked [View all] brooklynite Oct 2020 OP

That barely qualifies as a hack. I'm pissed I didn't think of trying that. I would have guessed that brewens Oct 2020 #1

Woulda, coulda, shoulda. Nitram Oct 2020 #10

Agree. If that was his actual password, then that is just proves what an idiot he is. TomCADem Oct 2020 #23

He thought he was being cagey by using only one exclamation point. n/t thesquanderer Oct 2020 #38

And not ALL CAPS!!!! reACTIONary Oct 2020 #51

Poor passworc Randomthought Oct 2020 #2

What is really surprising is that he did not use two-factor authentication TomCADem Oct 2020 #24

Who said they haven't??? Grins Oct 2020 #35

Why does this remind me... jmowreader Oct 2020 #3

LOL. I'm surprised it wasn't "12345" catbyte Oct 2020 #4

I'm surprised it wasn't "password" (n/t) PJMcK Oct 2020 #8

Or "JohnBarron" Mike 03 Oct 2020 #9

That would be too difficult because he would get stuck on 2. GemDigger Oct 2020 #12

hey. thats the same combination on my matched luggage. "pres screub". AllaN01Bear Oct 2020 #26

SHHH! That's his keyword for launching a nuke strike...... getagrip_already Oct 2020 #28

Really? That's amazing! I've got the same combination on my luggage! Initech Oct 2020 #30

Or "grabthembytheirpussy". cstanleytech Oct 2020 #40

The only reason anyone noticed.. SergeStorms Oct 2020 #5

Well the link is a tease. No pictures. GoneOffShore Oct 2020 #6

You have to dig all the way through Political Wire's links BumRushDaShow Oct 2020 #11

Thank you. GoneOffShore Oct 2020 #15

You are most welcome! BumRushDaShow Oct 2020 #16

Thanks for that. LOL! @ moonscape Oct 2020 #41

National ffr Oct 2020 #7

*ding!* Absolutely. This is a just a minor example. nt crickets Oct 2020 #22

I don't buy it DrToast Oct 2020 #13

Apparently according to the source article for Politcal Wire's "soundbite version" BumRushDaShow Oct 2020 #17

New password? bucolic_frolic Oct 2020 #14

The new password will be "MAGA2020!" NurseJackie Oct 2020 #18

LOL! pandr32 Oct 2020 #20

That seems way too easy to be true Sapient Donkey Oct 2020 #19

Shows what you know Rural_Progressive Oct 2020 #25

Trump's Password moonseller66 Oct 2020 #21

Is this satire? It's getting so I can't tell anymore. uppityperson Oct 2020 #27

WH staff will sift thousands of his tweets and denounce the inconvenient ones as being fake. Marcuse Oct 2020 #29

that was my first thought. n/t halobeam Oct 2020 #37

Maybe he should just build a wall around his twitter discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2020 #31

Holy crap, Trump really is President Skroob! Initech Oct 2020 #32

How much fun could have been had with that? truthisfreedom Oct 2020 #33

Doesn't matter Cyrano Oct 2020 #34

Butter Emails IronLionZion Oct 2020 #36

IF TRUE, he should have changed the password so Trump would be locked out! flor-de-jasmim Oct 2020 #39

There's really nothing they could tweet that would make that cesspool worse relayerbob Oct 2020 #42

That's what I was thinking DFW Oct 2020 #43

If this whole IQ45 thing was some sort of fiction novel/movie relayerbob Oct 2020 #44

Stranger than any fiction. DFW Oct 2020 #45

Don't Catholics drink RC cola? soldierant Oct 2020 #47

No idea. DFW Oct 2020 #49

I guess the joke fell flatter than the carbonation soldierant Oct 2020 #55

In all fairness to the SCOTUS relayerbob Oct 2020 #48

Meneer Gevers is my hero! nt soldierant Oct 2020 #46

Huh. I would have thought Trump's password would be "password" tclambert Oct 2020 #50

White House and Twitter deny Dutch researcher's claim he accessed Trump's account Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2020 #52

Crap password. No 2FA. Lovely. SKKY Oct 2020 #53

it's now "password" Demonaut Oct 2020 #54