A mobile spearphishing attack targeting “a small number of employees” is what led to the unprecedented, major attack earlier in the month on high-profile Twitter accounts to push out a Bitcoin scam. The company posted an update late Thursday on the situation, which has been unfolding since July 15, when 130 accounts of high-profile users such as Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Apple and Uber each were hijacked at the same time to promote a bogus advance-fee cryptocurrency deal.

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