Trump 'Nobody Gets Hacked' Video Goes Viral

[Judi Lynn]

Oct 20, 2020,03:50am EDT
Kate O'Flaherty Senior Contributor

President Donald Trump has sparked outrage across the security industry after saying “nobody gets hacked.”

Trump made the comments on October 19 during a campaign event in Tucson, Arizona when referring to Steve Scully, the C-SPAN political editor who admitted he had falsely claimed his Twitter account was hacked.

In the video clip shared across Twitter, President Trump said: “Nobody gets hacked. To get hacked, you need somebody with 197 IQ and he needs about 15% of your password.”

Trump’s comments have sparked mixed feelings across the cybersecurity industry— confusion, amusement, outrage and fear of the damage they could cause. As Jake Moore, cybersecurity specialist at ESET points out, “any words alluding to being ‘unhackable’ leaves you on dodgy ground.”

More:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2020/10/20/trump-nobody-gets-hacked-video-goes-viral/#62eaa35b529a

[ZZenith]

1. Hmmm. So I'm guessing Trump just found out he's been hacked, then?

Is this related to the imminent seismic activity we keep hearing about?

And doesn’t it then follow that Hillary’s e-mails were all forgeries, seeing as how “nobody gets hacked?”

[mercuryblues]

6. Hillary's email's were hacked through the State Dept.

not her personal emails from her server.

[safeinOhio]

2. He pays lots of money for his Cyber security expert...

Rudy.

[WePurrsevere]

3. Oh FFS! What a dangerous, dumbass & irresponsible thing to say....

And the question is... WHY?

Normally he comes out with obviously dumb stuff when there's something big he wants to distract or deflect from, etc. So is there a soon to be breaking story about a Trump account or government agency being hacked recently that he wants to pretend didn't happen so he can say that the info is 'fake'?

[Walleye]

4. Sounds like he wants to hack and plant some false evidence in somebody's account. Hunter Biden?

[Best_man23]

5. Several years ago I heard this sage advice from a cyber security professional

There are two types of digital devices, which includes computers, websites, local and online accounts, etc.

1. Those that have been hacked,

and

2. Those that can be hacked.

I doubled up on my computer and online security afterwards.