Incident
incident:trump_twitter_account_compromise_2016
Also: Trump Twitter hack, Trump account hack
2016 unauthorized access to Donald Trump’s Twitter account using the password exposed in the LinkedIn database and additional account verification details.
2016 unauthorized access to Donald Trump’s Twitter account using the password exposed in the LinkedIn database and additional account verification details.
“in 2016 hacked Donald Trump’s Twitter account”
“They had full access to real Donald Trump’s Twitter account.”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outgoing | COMPROMISES | Explicit | 87 | |
| outgoing | ATTRIBUTED_TO | The Guild of the Grumpy Old Hackers | Explicit | 87 |
| outgoing | INITIAL_ACCESS_VIA | password reuse | Explicit | 87 |
| outgoing | ASSOCIATED_WITH | LinkedIn breach | Uncertain | 87 |
Trump Twitter account compromise (2016) COMPROMISES Twitter
The incident resulted in the Guild obtaining full access to Donald Trump's Twitter account.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 87 Details
“They had full access to real Donald Trump’s Twitter account.”
Trump Twitter account compromise (2016) ATTRIBUTED_TO The Guild of the Grumpy Old Hackers
The 2016 Trump Twitter account compromise is attributed in the episode to The Guild of the Grumpy Old Hackers.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 87 Details
“The second time his Twitter account got hacked was in 2016, the year he was running for president, and it was done by some grumpy old hackers.”
“the three guys that in 2016 hacked Donald Trump’s Twitter account”
Trump Twitter account compromise (2016) INITIAL_ACCESS_VIA password reuse
The group gained access using Trump's LinkedIn password, 'yourefired', which was still valid for Twitter in 2016.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 87 Details
“Donald Trump was still using ‘yourefired’ as his Twitter password in 2016”
“we were in his Twitter account a couple of days before the election”
Trump Twitter account compromise (2016) ASSOCIATED_WITH LinkedIn breach
The episode suggests, but does not establish, that Trump's earlier Twitter compromise may have resulted from credentials exposed in the LinkedIn breach.
Uncertain Confidence 82% · Jack Rhysider EP 87 Details
“I just wonder if someone saw his password in that breach and that’s how they logged into Twitter then.”
“If so, why didn’t he change his password in 2013?”