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22 Oct, 12 tweets, 3 min read
Holy shit—a Dutch security researcher “ethically” hacked into Trump’s Twitter account by pure dumb luck of typing in “maga2020” as the 5th password attempt. And it worked! Trump didn’t use 2 factor authentication either. WTH. 🤦🏻‍♂️volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achterg…
2) And yes this story is real.

“ONLINE VERSION OF BATMAN
On October 16, 2020, Victor Gevers decides to check in on Trump’s account. Just to see if it is still safe.
3) “I always run random checks. Whenever someone is in the news, I monitor. I ran a check on the Biden, Pence and Harris accounts. Anyone receiving media attention is a potential target and deserves protection. Regardless of who they are.” vn.nl/trump-twitter-…
4) “Within the international hacker community, Gevers (44) is considered an authority. At nearly 6.5 ft tall, his physical appearance matches this description. You can compare him to an online version of Batman. During the day, he works for the Dutch government.”
5) “At night, he keeps the internet safe. He leads the GDI.foundation, an organization with a network of 38 volunteers that tirelessly address data breaches, weak passwords and other vulnerabilities on the internet.”
6) “For every data breach that has made headlines, the GDI.foundation has prevented one hundred others. Most of them will never see the light of day. Tracking down digital glitches comes as a second nature to Gevers.
7) “On Friday 16 October, 2020 Gevers runs a check on the Hunter Biden story, whose laptop has supposedly turned up at a computer repair shop. He also searches for Hunter Biden’s previously leaked passwords and then checks if these work on his Twitter account. They don’t.
8) “Just to make sure, he also checks Donald Trump’s Twitter account, and runs the password that was in use 4 years ago: yourefired
Much to his surprise, the Two-Factor-Authentication for the account is disabled.
9) “For so called ‘verified Twitter accounts’, it is compulsory nowadays to submit an additional code (which is for example sent to your mobile phone) after logging in with your regular password. Gevers had a key role in this feature becoming mandatory on Twitter.”
10) “It is very odd to find Trump’s Two-Factor-Authentication disabled. However, Gevers suspects Trump’s account has its own special security. This would also explain why Trump’s account was left untouched during the Twitter hack in July 2020.
11) “During this hack, posts appeared on the accounts of Obama, Elon Musk and Joe Biden, requesting Bitcoin transfers. Not on Trump’s account.
Gevers tries a few other passwords:
!IWillAmericaGreatAgain!
MakeAmericaGreatAgain
MakeAmericaGreatAgain!
Maga2020
Maga2020!
maga2020!
12) “Plong ! At the last try, he gets kicked off the site. Or at least, that is what it seems like – for a split second. Because he then realizes, he’s back in Donald Trump’s Twitter account, just like he was 4 years ago.”

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