Re:Dutch Ethical Hacker Logs into Trump’s Twitter Account
by andlarry on Thursday October 22, 2020 @12:51PM
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I just posted the guardian version because I didn’t see yours.
“maga2020!” and no proof, ridiculous. Easy to believe something crazy if you want to believe it, I guess.
Re:Dutch Ethical Hacker Logs into Trump’s Twitter Account
by rvz on Thursday October 22, 2020 @01:20PM
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Well they (The Guardian) did the same baseless reporting on the 'death of Kim Jong Un' and nearly all of them and Twitter falsly reported it and some users believed it (with little to no evidence.) Now, this time it's a single screenshot used as substantial 'proof' to support this Twitter hack. However, it is not good enough to suggest that it is genuine as it can be easily faked.
So it seems some choose to believe claims without the actual facts and evidence unfolding over time but what's clear on Twitter and in this comments section is the number of users having symptoms of TDS. At least wait a bit until this fully develops rather than believing unverified reports or claims. We're much better than this.
https://techcrunch.com/2020/10/22/dutch-hacker-trump-twitter...
> In a statement, Twitter spokesperson Ian Plunkett said: “We’ve seen no evidence to corroborate this claim, including from the article published in the Netherlands today. We proactively implemented account security measures for a designated group of high-profile, election-related Twitter accounts in the United States, including federal branches of government.”
> Trump’s account is said to be locked down with extra protections after he became president, though Twitter has not said publicly what those protections entail. His account was untouched by hackers who broke into Twitter’s network in July in order to abuse an “admin tool” to hijack high-profile accounts and spread a cryptocurrency scam.
> A spokesperson for the White House and the Trump campaign did not immediately comment, but White House deputy press secretary Judd Deere reportedly said the story is “absolutely not true,” but declined to comment on the president’s social media security. A spokesperson for CISA did not immediately confirm the report.