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Re:Dutch Ethical Hacker Logs into Trump’s Twitter Account by andlarry on Thursday October 22, 2020 @12:45PM (#24860044)
> Twitter, however, denied the report. “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,” a Twitter spokesperson said in a statement. [0]

[0] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/22/trump-twitte...

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Re:Dutch Ethical Hacker Logs into Trump’s Twitter Account by jacquesm on Thursday October 22, 2020 @02:02PM (#24861098)
Yes, there are some conflicting statements in the media. The Dutch reporters claim to have seen proof. Of course Twitter has nothing to lose from admitting that it did happen. Also, this guy has a reasonably good reputation here, and would stand to lose his career from making a claim that was found out to be false.

I wouldn't dismiss it out of hand just yet.

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Re:Dutch Ethical Hacker Logs into Trump’s Twitter Account by gnomesteel on Thursday October 22, 2020 @02:27PM (#24861452)
>Twitter has nothing to lose from admitting that it did happen

Um, what? That would be exceptionally bad press for Twitter.

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Re:Dutch Ethical Hacker Logs into Trump’s Twitter Account by bhaavan on Friday October 23, 2020 @06:17AM (#24867858)
They could phrase it like please use complex passwords + 2fa, though. It's not their fault if people are stupid.
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Re:Dutch Ethical Hacker Logs into Trump’s Twitter Account by jacquesm on Thursday October 22, 2020 @03:02PM (#24861984)
Sorry, missing /s
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