A Dutch cyber investigator, Victor Gevers, claims he got access to Trump’s Twitter account by guessing the password.
“The White House denied it had happened and Twitter said it had no evidence of a hack. But Mr Gevers has now revealed more information to back up his claims,” BBC says.
Dutch police are investigating — not at the request of U.S. authorities — and “told the BBC that Mr Gevers had been questioned as a witness by the High Tech Crime Team and was not a suspect yet.”
Gevers, a professional who looks for security flaws in software and websites, “says he was doing a semi-regular sweep of the Twitter accounts of high-profile US election candidates on 16 October when he guessed President Trump’s password. He did not post any tweets or change any settings, but said he took screenshots of some parts of the president’s account.”
If you want to know what (he says) the password was, read the story here.
Photo: Victor Gevers; criminal or mischievous elf?