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Trump's Truth Social Hacked Within Hours Of Announcement by tobechi74: 2:43am On Oct 22, 2021
Trump announced he was launching a new media company
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Former President Donald Trump's new social media platform was reportedly hacked within hours of its announcement.


Trump announced he was launching a new media company, Trump Media & Technology Group, and its "Truth Social" app on Wednesday. The "Truth Social" app will begin a beta launch for "invited guests" in November, with a nationwide rollout planned for early 2022, according to a press release.

But people were able to sign up to create accounts using a publicly available link, Drew Harwell, a technology reporter for The Washington Post, said on Twitter late on Wednesday.

"I literally just registered 'mikepence.' The site hasn't even launched yet and it's already this vulnerable," Harwell added. In a subsequent tweet, he revealed that account had been suspended.

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In another tweet, Harwell said it appeared the "donaldjtrump" account on Truth Social had been hacked. A screenshot Harwell shared showed the pinned post on the account was of a defecating animal.

However, it's not clear if that account belongs to the former president.


Reporter Drew Harwell shared a screenshot on Twitter showing the "donaldjtrump" handle on TRUTH Social appeared to have been hacked.
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Meanwhile, Mikael Thalen, a reporter for The Daily Dot, tweeted that he was able to create an account using the handle @donaldtrump before the public domain for the site was taken down.

"Was just able to setup an account using the handle @donaldtrump on 'Truth Social,' former President Donald Trump's new social media website," Thalen tweeted. "Although the site is not officially open, a URL was discovered allowing users to sign up anyway."
Re: Trump's Truth Social Hacked Within Hours Of Announcement by tobechi74: 2:50am On Oct 22, 2021
Re: Trump's Truth Social Hacked Within Hours Of Announcement by Millimann: 4:11am On Oct 22, 2021
If it was in Nigeria, they would have started blaming the Democratic party.
Re: Trump's Truth Social Hacked Within Hours Of Announcement by Offorgerald15(m): 4:34am On Oct 22, 2021
Na nigerian go back am
Re: Trump's Truth Social Hacked Within Hours Of Announcement by saintjimos(m): 4:49am On Oct 22, 2021
If this was to be in Nigeria , opposition party will be blame

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