What could happen if President Trump’s Twitter gets hacked?

Another unsettling possibility: Hackers could make brazen statements that could have the potential to upset foreign relations, both experts said.

“You could also imagine someone wanting to cause international chaos using Trump’s Twitter account to target an unstable leader who is going to react,” Golbeck said.

Trump recently reiterated support for the One China policy. Blair gave a hypothetical example of what could happen if someone falsely tweeted from Trump’s account that the U.S. was now recognizing Taiwan as a sovereign country.

“That could be a major international incident,” Blair said.