{"id":356036,"date":"2021-10-21T19:04:36","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T16:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/why-trumps-truth-social-platform-will-probably-get-hacked-right-away-review-geek\/"},"modified":"2021-10-21T19:04:36","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T16:04:36","slug":"why-trumps-truth-social-platform-will-probably-get-hacked-right-away-review-geek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-trumps-truth-social-platform-will-probably-get-hacked-right-away-review-geek\/","title":{"rendered":"#Why Trump\u2019s TRUTH Social Platform Will Probably Get Hacked Right Away \u2013 Review Geek"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Why Trump\u2019s TRUTH Social<\/a> Platform Will Probably Get Hacked Right Away \u2013 Review Geek”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Trump Media and Technology<\/a> Group just announced TRUTH Social<\/a>, a rival platform to Twitter, Facebook, and all of the other Big Tech giants. But like other specialized social media platforms, TRUTH will be a target for hackers, and it could leave your private info exposed. We\u2019re not just speculating here\u2014TRUTH Social has already been compromised, and it\u2019s not even out yet!<\/p>\n

Just two hours after Trump Media and Technology Group announced TRUTH Social, a group of Twitter users managed to access the beta website and make accounts with usernames like @donaldtrump and @mikepence. This beta website isn\u2019t supposed to go live until November, but as reported by Insider<\/em><\/a>, people simply guessed its URL to gain early access.<\/p>\n

TRUTH Social\u2019s beta page is now inaccessible to outsiders. But those who gained early access made some interesting discoveries. Most notably, TRUTH Social uses the open-source Mastodon 3.0 social media codebase<\/a>, app<\/a>arently without much customization (and without providing credit, which violates Mastodon\u2019s terms).<\/p>\n

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Was just able to setup an account using the handle @donaldtrump<\/a> on ‘Truth Social,’ former President Donald Trump’s new social media website.<\/p>\n

Although the site is not officially open, a URL was discovered allowing users to sign up anyway. pic.twitter.com\/MRMQzjNhma<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Mikael Thalen (@MikaelThalen) October 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

That means TRUTH Media may be vulnerable to the same exploits as any other Mastodon-based site, including Gab, a niche social media platform that was recently hacked and hit with a $500,000 ransom demand<\/a>. Evidently, hackers stole private user data from Gab using a simple SQL injection, something that should be impossible on a properly secured website.<\/p>\n

Basic bugs and vulnerabilities are actually a very big problem in the world of specalized social media. Just look at Parler, a platform that lost 70TB of user data, including private posts and messages<\/a>, all because it didn\u2019t randomize its URLs.<\/p>\n

And then there are sites like Gettr<\/a> and Frank<\/a>, which failed shortly after their debut due to \u2026 you guessed it, hackers. Are you noticing a trend here? These small websites are a huge target for hackers, but unlike Facebook or Twitter, they don\u2019t have the resources or knowledge to deal with basic hacking attempts.<\/p>\n

Even if TRUTH Social tries to take security seriously, which doesn\u2019t seem to be the case (it\u2019s a bare-bones uncredited Mastodon fork), the platform is a giant target for hackers. Those who sign up for TRUTH Social are almost certainly putting their private data at risk. Please keep that in mind when the platform launches this November.<\/p>\n

Source: TMTG<\/a>, Insider<\/a>, @VValkyriePub<\/a><\/small>\n<\/div>\n