White House and Twitter deny hacker accessed Trump’s Twitter with password ‘maga2020!’ – By Robert Hackett (Fortune) / Oct 22 2020
Victor Gevers, a Dutch security researcher, claims he commandeered President Trump’s Twitter account.
Gevers, a prolific online vulnerability hunter, said he accurately guessed Trump’s password after a handful of tries. He told Vrij Nederland, a Dutch magazine, that he gained entry after entering “maga2020!,” a reference to the Trump campaign’s Make America Great Again slogan.
Gevers said the account did not have two-factor authentication, a recommended measure for securing online accounts. If true, that means a hacker would need just the password—rather than, say, Trump’s phone—to gain control of the account.
Trump’s campaign team and the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency referred questions about the alleged incident to the White House.
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