Taylor Swift Twitter And Instagram Hacked

Taylor Swift’s Instagram and Twitter were hacked on Tuesday, and hackers are now threatening to release ‘nude’ photos of the singer.

Taylor Swift Instagram and Twitter Hacked

Fans noticed some bizarre tweets originating from Swift’s official Twitter account Tuesday morning, sending fans to follow ‘@lizzard.’ The account claimed to have belonged to a member of “LulzSec, Anonymous, UGNazi, ISISGang, GoP, globalHell, stc, zf0, htp, el8, GoD, lurk moar” in North Korea. The account has since been suspended by Twitter.

Swift’s team quickly contacted Twitter to delete the hacked tweets, and Swift addressed the hack on her official Tumblr, writing, “My Twitter got hacked but don’t worry, 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.”

Later in the day, after Swift had regained control of her Twitter account, hackers took over her Instagram, prompting Swift to write another Tumblr post that said simply, “Now Instagram. This is going to be a long day.”

Before his account was suspended, @lizzard threatened to release nude photos of Swift for bitcoins, linking to a bitcoin wallet on Twitter. After regaining control of her social media, Swift joked about the threats, writing, “PS any hackers saying they have ‘nudes’? Psssh you’d love that wouldn’t you! Have fun photoshopping cause you got NOTHING.”

Hackers Leak Alleged Private Messages From T-Swift

However, Twitter user @tempveri, who took responsibility for the hack, leaked what appear to be private messages from Swift’s Twitter account before the account was suspended. The messages are harmless and include private messages with Nick Jonas in which the two superstars jokingly make plans for “dinner/drinks/gambling” and a complimentary exchange with YouTuber PewDiePie.

The authenticity of these DMs has not been confirmed, and, as BuzzFeed pointed out, the screenshots of the messages show that Swift does not have any Notifications—an instant red flag. Swift has 51.4 million followers on Twitter, so it’s doubtful she would have zero Notifications at any given time.

Article by Olivia Truffaut-Wong

Olivia Truffaut-Wong was born and raised in Berkeley, California, where she developed her love of all things entertainment. After moving to New York City to earn her degree in Film Studies, she stayed on the East Coast to follow her passion and become an entertainment writer. She lives on a diet of television, movies and food.