‘Especially dangerous’: Two easy steps to hack Trump’s Twitter account

Published September 6, 2019 10:14pm ET



President Trump’s Twitter feed is vulnerable to being hacked by a foreign power or other adversary, according to a Washington Examiner investigation of cybersecurity measures in place to protect his account.

When Trump logs on to his Twitter account, an authentication code is sent in a text message to a senior aide’s cellphone, a step that could allow for the same type of intrusion as last week’s hack of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey.

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