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Apparently, it is not the fault of the fake account that was verified by the social network. The Prime Minister's Office and Norway's Security Authority passed along a fake account for verification, as first reported by Norwegian tech site.
The Minister of Finance in Norway, Trygve Slagsvold Vedum, has never had a verified account. The report states that Vedum has several fake accounts that have arisen since he was elected into office, so much so that the Ministry of Finance sent out a warning last month that the Minister of Finance doesn't actually have an account. The Minister of Finance Trygve Slagsvold Vedum does not have a private account. Accounts that appear in his name are not real.
The fake account that was granted a blue checkmark was different from the other ones. Vedum sent out a fake account that sent out a bunch of anti-party messages. The Prime Minister's Office and the NSM were to blame for the mistake, according to a report.
Anne Kristin Hjuske, the head of communications at the Prime Minister's Office, said that there was an error in the reporting that caused a fake account to be verified. We have made sure that no more fake accounts have been verified. We are currently reviewing our reporting routines to make sure this doesn't happen again.
Someone at the Prime Minister's Office was fooled by the account.
The Prime Minister's Office was responsible for checking politicians' social media accounts. The fake account tricked both organizations, and got sent to the micro-blogging site.
Stle Grut, the journalist behind the article, said that one of the fake accounts shows up verified. The Prime Minister's Office was fooled by the account and it ended up being sent to the other newly appointed ministers who are also verified.
The creation of fake accounts is now prevented by the new verification process. After nearly four years of changing the system, it reopened its verification process in May, and then briefly put it on hold after it mistakenly verified several fake accounts.
Even though it makes its verification process more fancy, it still can't protect against human error. It's not clear whether the verification process is delegated to outside authorities. It is concerning for accounts that belong to high-profile government officials if it does happen. The Verge reached out to the micro-blogging site, but didn't hear back.
