Twitter Says Hackers Used Phone to Fool Staff, Gain Access

Twitter Says Hackers Used Phone to Fool Staff, Gain Access
The Twitter logo appears on an updated phone post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Nov. 6, 2013. Richard Drew/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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LONDON—Twitter says the hackers responsible for a recent high-profile breach used the phone to fool the social media company’s employees into giving them access.

The company revealed a few more details late Thursday about the hack earlier this month, which it said targeted “a small number of employees through a phone spear-phishing attack.”