Security News > 2020 > October > Researcher: I Hacked Trump’s Twitter by Guessing Password

Dutch ethical hacker Victor Gevers claims it only took five attempts to guess the password to President Donald Trump's Twitter account - "Maga2020!".

Twitter Safety & 2FA. Twitter said it is dubious about the report.

"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."

Gevers said that after he successfully hacked the president's Twitter account he went to great lengths to report the vulnerability, sending emails, screenshots and social-media messages to various U.S. government entities through Twitter, Parler and other platforms, de Volkskrant reported.

In 2016, he was part of a group of self-described "Grumpy old hackers" who accessed Trump's Twitter account by guessing the password "Yourefired," Vrij Nederland reported.

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https://threatpost.com/researcher-hacked-trumps-twitter-password/160473/