TORONTO — Pop star Taylor Swift was back on social media Tuesday afternoon after a hack of her Twitter and Instagram accounts forced them offline.
Hackers posted two tweets asking Swift’s 51.4 million followers to follow @veriuser and @lizzard. Both those accounts have been suspended.
Lizard Squad is the group that claimed responsibility for a Christmas Day cyber-attack on gaming systems.
Swift reportedly learned of the hack of her Twitter account via a text from Paramore singer Hayley Williams.
On her Tumblr page, Swift advised fans: “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.”
The singer added: “Never a dull moment.”
Once back online, Swift appeared to shake it off:
She also fired back at the hackers, who allegedly threatened to post nude photos of the star.
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