Incident
incident:2020_trump_twitter_account_access
Also: case number 5,780, coordinated disclosure number 5,780
The 2020 incident in which Victor accessed Donald Trump’s Twitter account after finding that two-factor authentication was disabled and a guessed password worked.
The 2020 incident in which Victor accessed Donald Trump’s Twitter account after finding that two-factor authentication was disabled and a guessed password worked.
“the story of Victor’s coordinated disclosure number 5,780”
“Trump’s Twitter account loaded up on Victor’s screen”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outgoing | ATTRIBUTED_TO | Victor | Explicit | 88 |
| outgoing | COMPROMISES | Explicit | 88 | |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | Donald Trump | Explicit | 88 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | Two-factor authentication | Explicit | 88 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | password reuse | Uncertain | 88 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | Unauthorized access | Explicit | 88 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | Coordinated vulnerability disclosure | Explicit | 88 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | United States Secret Service | Explicit | 88 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | Dutch High-Tech Crimes Unit | Explicit | 88 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | Dutch government | Explicit | 88 |
2020 Trump Twitter account access ATTRIBUTED_TO Victor
The 2020 Twitter account access incident is presented as Victor's coordinated disclosure and account access.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 88 Details
“Victor hacked Trump a second time.”
2020 Trump Twitter account access COMPROMISES Twitter
Victor gained access to Donald Trump's Twitter account during the 2020 incident.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 88 Details
“Trump’s Twitter account loaded up on Victor’s screen.”
2020 Trump Twitter account access INVOLVES Donald Trump
The incident involved Donald Trump's personal Twitter account.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 88 Details
“Donald Trump’s personal Twitter account didn’t have two-factor authentication turned on in 2020”
2020 Trump Twitter account access INVOLVES Two-factor authentication
The incident centered on two-factor authentication being disabled on Trump's account.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 88 Details
“two-factor authentication was definitely turned off on @realDonaldTrump’s account”
2020 Trump Twitter account access INVOLVES password reuse
Victor suspected that Trump's Twitter password might reuse or resemble a password used by Trump's campaign, and tried variants of the rally Wi-Fi password; this is presented as a possibility rather than a confirmed practice.
Uncertain Confidence 91% · Jack Rhysider EP 88 Details
“they might reuse some or maybe they’d use slightly different versions of the same password”
2020 Trump Twitter account access INVOLVES Unauthorized access
The incident involved gaining unauthorized access to another person's account, which the Dutch prosecutor said was normally illegal.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 88 Details
“gaining unauthorized access to someone else’s account is illegal in the Netherlands”
2020 Trump Twitter account access INVOLVES Coordinated vulnerability disclosure
Victor treated the account access as a coordinated vulnerability disclosure and forwarded the disclosure to the Secret Service.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 88 Details
“Victor forwarded his coordinated disclosure to the Secret Service.”
2020 Trump Twitter account access INVOLVES United States Secret Service
The Secret Service contacted Victor and investigated the disclosure.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 88 Details
“someone, from the Secret Service reaching out to Victor”
2020 Trump Twitter account access INVOLVES Dutch High-Tech Crimes Unit
The Dutch High-Tech Crimes Unit investigated how Victor accessed the account and handled the disclosure.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 88 Details
“When the Dutch High-Tech Crimes Unit came knocking”
2020 Trump Twitter account access INVOLVES Dutch government
The Dutch government investigated Victor's claims after US authorities requested an investigation.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 88 Details
“US authorities reached out to the Dutch government and asked someone to take a look into Victor’s claims”