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President Donald Trump‘s password has been revealed after someone successfully logged into his account back in October.
Two months ago, a man named Victor Gevers claimed he logged into Trump’s Twitter account by correctly guessing his password to be “maga2020!”. Gevers shared screenshots on October 16th to back up claims.
When the news broke, the White House and Twitter denied the hack. However, today (December 18), Dutch prosecutors who looked into the case have confirmed that it did actually happen.
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The Guardian, the Netherlands promptly instructed Team High-tech Crime, their police specialist cyber unit, to determine whether or not Gevers’s claims were true – and they have now shared their findings.
The outgoing US president and Twitter have both previously denied Victor Gevers accessed his account.
Mr Gevers made the hack public immediately, sharing what he claimed were screenshots of the inside of Mr Trump s account on 22 October.
He also revealed the password he had used, which referred to Mr Trump s slogan Make America Great Again .
Mr Gevers had acted ethically when he hacked into Mr Trump s account and would not be punished, prosecutors said.(Supplied)
Dutch public prosecutors said while hacking was a criminal offence in the Netherlands, Mr Gevers met the criteria for an ethical hacker and as such would not be charging him with any offences, the BBC reports.