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by andlarry 2065 days ago
> Twitter, however, denied the report. “We’ve seen no evidence to corroborate this claim, including from the article published in the Netherlands today. We proactively implemented account security measures for a designated group of high-profile, election-related Twitter accounts in the United States, including federal branches of government,” a Twitter spokesperson said in a statement. [0]

[0] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/22/trump-twitte...

1 comments

Yes, there are some conflicting statements in the media. The Dutch reporters claim to have seen proof. Of course Twitter has nothing to lose from admitting that it did happen. Also, this guy has a reasonably good reputation here, and would stand to lose his career from making a claim that was found out to be false.

I wouldn't dismiss it out of hand just yet.

>Twitter has nothing to lose from admitting that it did happen

Um, what? That would be exceptionally bad press for Twitter.

They could phrase it like please use complex passwords + 2fa, though. It's not their fault if people are stupid.
Sorry, missing /s