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Taylor Swift’s Nude Picture Leaks Threatened After Twitter and Instagram Accounts Hacked by the ‘Lizard Squad’

By Kara Michelle sdbaterina@celebeat.com | Jan 28, 2015 09:06 AM EST

Taylor Swift's Twitter and Instagram accounts were hacked Tuesday afternoon, January 27, by individuals claiming to have connections with the notorious black-hat hacking collective known as the Lizard Squad. Moments following the hacking, a couple of messages were tweeted from the 25-year-old pop star's accounts, instructing her 51.4 million fans to follow @lizzard and @veriuser. Similar messages were also sent to her over 20 million followers on her Instagram account.

The Lizard Squad is the group which claimed credit for North Korea's Internet shutdown following the Sony leak scandal. Reportedly, it is also the same group which was responsible for taking down the entire PlayStation and Xbox Live gaming networks over the holidays and for Monday evening's temporary Facebook and Instagram problems.

Swift has however been swift in taking appropriate action. Through her Tumblr account she immediately assured her Twitter fans: "My Twitter got hacked but don't worry." and "Twitter is deleting the hacker tweets and locking my account until they can figure out how this happened and get me new passwords. Never a dull moment." When she learned that her Instagram account was also hacked, she posted on Tumblr: "This is going to be a long day." and hashtagged that "#This is Why I'm Scared of Technology. #Who's Paranoid Now??"

She also tried to make light of the situation. After her Twitter account was unlocked for her, she posted: "Cause the hackers gonna hack hack hack hack hack..." and noting, "PS any hackers saying they have 'nudes'? Psssh you'd love that wouldn't you! Have fun photoshopping cause you got NOTHING." She also thanked Hayley Williams from the band Paramore for texting her first to let her know her accounts were hacked. She tweeted: "I'd like to acknowledge the MVP of the day, @yelyahwilliams, for being the first to text me about the hack this morning. #FriendshipGoals."

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