The hackers who accessed dozens of high-profile Twitter accounts in mid-July gained access to the system with an attack that tricked a handful of employees into giving up their credentials, according to a company update.
Twitter said in a security update late Thursday that the July 15 incident by bitcoin scammers stemmed from a “spear-phishing” attack which deceived employees about the origin of the messages.
Twitter said that following the incident it has “significantly limited access to our internal tools and systems” and is taking additional steps to tighten security. Faked tweets were sent from 45 accounts, according to Twitter, and the hackers accessed private messages of 36 and downloaded Twitter data from seven.
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