Twitter says hackers gained entry to its systems by calling employees on their phones

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Spear-phishing attack enabled attackers to access 130 accounts on the social media platform

Twitter has said that the cyber attack that targeted several high-profile accounts earlier this month was caused by hackers who manipulated employees in phone spear-phishing scheme. "The social ...

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