Dutch ‘ethical hacker’ gains access to Trump’s Twitter account: Report

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A Dutch security researcher gained editing, posting, and messaging access to President Trump’s Twitter account last week for the second time since 2016.

Victor Gevers said the president had an “extremely weak and easy to guess password” and that he had not applied a two-step verification process, according to the Volkskrant. Gevers said that he was able to access Trump’s personal messages, to post tweets, and to change Trump’s profile.

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