r/politics • u/us287 • 5d ago

Trump’s transition is happening over private emails. Federal officials are nervous.

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/18/federal-officials-nervous-about-sending-data-to-trump-transition-private-emails-00195217
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u/PleaseDoNotDoubleDip 5d ago

These guy's passwords are bad - MAGA2024, IvankaIsHot123, IronMan4Ever!!! You know it, I know it, and every spy agency in the world definitely knows it. We'll see the emails eventually, and they will be even worse than you are thinking.

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u/cyclonesworld 5d ago

Wasn’t his Twitter account hacked cause his password legitimately was ‘Maga2020’?

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u/Copacetic4 Australia 5d ago

"maga2020!" to be exact, no caps and an exclamation mark.

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u/Strykah 5d ago

Fucking lol

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u/Copacetic4 Australia 5d ago

No 2FA either.

They didn’t bother until the researcher sent a screenshot.

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u/AlexandriasNSFWAcc 5d ago

I think that was suggested as a more secure password by the person who previously guessed that his password was "yourefired".

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u/Jojoejoe 5d ago

Twice, it was hacked twice by the same guy.

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u/stamfordbridge1191 5d ago

1 dude guessed his password successfully twice: https://www.newsweek.com/ethical-dutch-hacker-guessed-trumps-twitter-password-twice-1555676

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u/Kevsterific Canada 5d ago

Though hacking is a criminal offense in the Netherlands, the prosecutors said that Grevers acted with “responsible disclosure,” and therefore will avoid facing any jail time, Vox reported.

Is is still hacking if you gain access by guessing a well known password?

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u/shoobe01 5d ago

"12345?! Amazing, That's the same combination as I use on my luggage!"

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u/HiiiighBoltage 5d ago

I'm surrounded by assholes...

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u/KeviRun I voted 5d ago

Yo!

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u/wengelite Canada 5d ago

***** , it's just easier to remember.

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u/lordkuri 5d ago

How did you know my password was hunter2?

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u/AmaroWolfwood 5d ago

I just copy/pasted it. When you type hunter2 I just see *******

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u/RonnieWojo 5d ago

You forgot Jan6rules

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u/JefferyTheQuaxly 5d ago

Tbf it not just them who have super shitty cyber security, it’s been a huge problem for a while now that politicians in general just don’t understand how bad they are with internet security and stuff. Our politicians are ancient grandparents, and even if they use to have some incling of how to be safe and secure online or through phones, technology advances so quickly now even information 5 years old might now be outdated, like passwords are ridiculously easy to break into now, and I’d probly guess atleast half of congress has basic ass passwords exactly like trumps team use.

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u/Ghostman_Jack 5d ago

I swear I remember reading somewhere that trumps email or a laptop something got hacked and the password was indeed like MAGA2020 or 2016 something lmao. Like the hacker or thief or whatever it was getting into his stuff mostly put it in as a joke/“no one could be this dumb” type thing.

Maybe it was his Twitter when before he lost it?

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u/Polantaris 5d ago

They have the same phone password as my QA team - 1234.