On Monday morning,Watch She is Hungry For Men Online Donald Trump formally addressed the CIA's allegations that Russian hackers tried to interfere in the election on -- where else? -- Twitter and, as usual, got some basic facts wrong.
SEE ALSO: Donald Trump is so, so wrong about how hacking works. Let's help him.First, here's what the president-elect said that many are taking umbrage with.
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Well, first of all, the threat of hacking interfering in the election wasbrought up before the election. Many times. Including by Trump himself.
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But, more importantly, Trump is very wrong about how hacking actually works so Mashableturned to cyber security experts for their responses to Trump in terms he'll understand: tweets.
Here's what they told us -- and Trump -- all in tweet-sized bites of 140 characters or less.
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Steven Morgan, Cybersecurity Ventures
Donald, you and Hillary can get trained by the world's most famous hacker and find out how hackers really get caught. Go here: https://www.knowbe4.com/products/kevin-mitnick-security-awareness-training/
ValiMail CEO Alexander García-Tobar
@realDonaldTrump Majority of hacks start w/ phish & you can catch hackers if you use email auth. Which you didn’t https://t.co/5i8Jvm4NYD
— ValiMail (@ValiMail) December 12, 2016
Justin Fier, Director of Cyber Intelligence and Analysis at Darktrace
"With the right technology, organizations can keep a close eye on their data and spot unusual digital behavior as it unfolds."
Michael Sutton, CISO at Zscaler
Yes @realDonaldTrump, attribution of hacking is hard…but when democracy is at risk, we have an obligation to leave no stone unturned.
— Michael Sutton (@michaelawsutton) December 12, 2016
Kevin Mitnick, Mitnick Security
.@realDonaldTrump Not true. You can catch hackers after the act as well. Take it from someone who knows this fact very well.
— Kevin Mitnick (@kevinmitnick) December 12, 2016
Daniel Clayton, Director of Customer Security Operations at Rackspace
"Hacks are like criminal cases. Clues are left, ID'd by a trained eye and packaged together with other evidence to create a bigger picture."
"Security investigators can pick up on subtle bread crumbs left by hackers, even their cover up. Piece together enough clues & eliminate doubt."
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