Trump was finally shamed by the Internet into doing something right

This afternoon, President Donald Trump's @POTUS account was blowing up Twitter feeds—but for once, it wasn't because of his tweets.

Instead, the @POTUS account's security was the trending topic, after screenshots posted on Twitter appeared to reveal the fact that it was linked to a basic Gmail account. And also, possibly, lacked basic privacy protections. That prompted a slew of outside attempts to access the account, and what appears to be action from the Trump team to finally fix the issue. 

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Earlier this week, WauchulaGhost, a hacker with a history of hijacking ISIS-linked Twitter accounts, reached out to CNN to warn of potential security vulnerabilities of notable Trump-tied handles, including those of the President, First Lady and VP.  Read more...

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