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tecelote

(5,122 posts)
Sun Jan 8, 2017, 05:54 PM Jan 2017

If Trumps Twitter Account was Hacked...

We'd Never Know.

"Ford Moving All Operations to Mexico. Not Good".

"Bank of America foreclosing on all mortgages of Muslims".

"Putin is God".

How would we know it wasn't him?

He's that crazy.

One hour of hacking his account could sink America.

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If Trumps Twitter Account was Hacked... (Original Post) tecelote Jan 2017 OP
It was a copycat account, not a hack. Ilsa Jan 2017 #1
Has someone taken "@rea1DonaldTrump" yet? Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #2
Yup. Denzil_DC Jan 2017 #5
It did get hacked in February 2013. Denzil_DC Jan 2017 #3
So scary. tecelote Jan 2017 #4
To lessen the fear, it's worth clicking on the link Denzil_DC Jan 2017 #6
That would depend mythology Jan 2017 #7

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
1. It was a copycat account, not a hack.
Sun Jan 8, 2017, 07:10 PM
Jan 2017

Instead of reading @realDonaldTrump (or whatever) it read @rareDonaldTrump. Very subtle.

Denzil_DC

(7,241 posts)
3. It did get hacked in February 2013.
Sun Jan 8, 2017, 07:46 PM
Jan 2017
At least if you believe Trump:



Once he'd wrested back control from Will.i.am, he tweeted:



Of course, it wasn't the fault of his own lax security:

 

mythology

(9,527 posts)
7. That would depend
Sun Jan 8, 2017, 08:24 PM
Jan 2017

If the hacker has a reasonable grasp of English and basic human decency, it would be rather obvious.

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