# Victor Gevers

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{{short description|Dutch security hacker}}

'''Victor Gevers''' is a [Dutch](/source/Dutch_people) [security hacker](/source/security_hacker).

== Career ==
He has been hacking since 1998<ref>{{Cite web|last=Teeffelen|first=Kristel van|date=2019-05-10|title=Na tien jaar weten hackers ook hoe ze moeten polderen|url=https://www.trouw.nl/gs-b3fd6c27|access-date=2021-03-28|website=Trouw|language=nl-NL}}</ref> and is running the GDI Foundation.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-03-10|title=Covid: White hat bounty hackers become millionaires|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56350362|access-date=2021-03-28}}</ref>

In 2019 he discovered a large data breach of the Chinese surveillance company SenseNets.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Buitenland|first=Bureau|title=Nederlander ontdekt Chinees datalek: 2,5 miljoen burgers onder surveillance in Xinjiang|url=https://www.nporadio1.nl/buitenland/14794-nederlander-ontdekt-chinees-datalek-2-5-miljoen-burgers-onder-surveillance-in-xinjiang|access-date=2021-03-28|website=NPO Radio 1|language=nl-nl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Doffman|first=Zak|title=Interview -- Meet Victor Gevers, The Ethical Hacker Who Exposed 'BreedReady' And 'SenseNets'|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2019/03/13/why-victor-gevers-was-so-reluctant-to-expose-the-sensenets-and-breed-ready-data-breaches/|access-date=2021-03-28|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref>

He is known for hacking the Twitter account of U.S. President [Donald Trump](/source/Donald_Trump).<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-12-16|title=Trump Twitter ‘hack’: Police accept attacker's claim|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-55337192|access-date=2021-03-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Janssen|first=Gerard|date=2020-12-05|title=Internet-Batman Victor Gevers: 'Wakker worden met een inbox vol dankjewels is verslavend'|url=https://www.vn.nl/victor-gevers-batman-internet/|access-date=2021-03-28|website=Vrij Nederland|language=nl}}</ref> He was not convicted for it.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-12-16|title=OM: Nederlandse hacker Twitteraccount Trump niet strafbaar|url=https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/tech/artikel/5203501/nederlandse-hackervictor-gevers-twitter-account-trump-niet-strafbaar|access-date=2021-03-28|website=RTL Nieuws|language=nl}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==

* [https://twitter.com/0xdude Twitter profile of Victor Gevers]

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