Trump's Twitter password cracked again by hackers - he was ridiculed when he warned the president

A Dutch hacker is said to have hacked Trump's Twitter account and warned him of the vulnerability.

Because of Trump's reaction, he made the story public.

For the second time, Dutch

said to have

succeeded in gaining access to

.

Four years ago they

allegedly warned

the

for the first time against passwords that were too simple - apparently with little success.

Because this time, too, the

managed to

log

into the important

just by guessing and trying

things out, like the Dutch weekly magazine

and the daily

reported on Wednesday

After

is said to have protected

his

with the words “yourefired” until 2016, the

now “maga2020!”, An abbreviation for “Make America Great Again”.

"We did not expect that we would be able to do it again so quickly," said Victor Gevers, who is also one of the three hackers who gained access to

in 2016

.

Trump has switched off two-factor authentication - this is actually mandatory on Twitter

Gevers

is one of the so-called ethical

.

Their aim is

to identify

and to warn those affected.

Last week, when leaked e-mails allegedly

coming

from

* laptop broke the ground, Gevers checked the

accounts

for possible risks.

On that occasion he also tested

* account - and cracked the password for the second time.

He is said to have only needed six attempts.

Particularly worrying: The

is

actually

mandatory

for VIP accounts from

,

was switched off.

The theory of the weekly magazine

It may have been deactivated so that Trump can tweet without any major fuss during his hospital stay.

Evidence screenshots are supposed to be

and

are ill.

Gevers

contacted

* team

on his discovery

.

The

, which takes care of the President's security, sent him a message and thanked him.

But an appearance by

a few days ago now ensured that

went to the press with the story.

“Nobody is hacked.

To be hacked, you need someone with an IQ of 197 and they need to know 15 percent of your password.

That never happens, ”said the

* in front of the audience,

thus downplaying

the dangers of

.

Gevers

therefore felt compelled to respond.

“All I want is for people to understand that

should be mandatory.

are the Achilles' heel of the internet, ”the weekly magazine

quotes him

.

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