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Discussion on: President Trump’s Twitter accessed by security expert who guessed password "maga2020!"

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Ben Halpern

I was once (legitimately) told the password to major media brand's social account, and the password was "name of brand" + "two character number".... It was the least secure thing I could imagine, and it was passed around in emails.

But this is still another level.

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David Harting

Wild that this indicates his team is not using a password manager.

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Douglas Parsons

So what you're saying is we should all go and try brand names + 2 numbers for every popular brand we can think of?