Taylor Swift has just become the latest victim of Twitter hackers. According to the Huffington Post, the "Shake it Off" singer's Twitter was taken control of by a group of hackers- although since then, the hackers have been banned and things seem to have cleared up for Swift.
First, when Swift's Twitter was compromised, the hackers tweeted their own accounts through Swift's- presumably, in an attempt to gain followers.
The first tweet read "go follow my boy @lizzard :)."
The second, "Shoutout @veriuser follow him guys' Fav when done for a follow," followed by two kissy faces and a "Love you all!!! xx."
However, both tweets have since been deleted, and according to Huffington Post, the user known as @lizzard has since been banned from Twitter.
HuffPo also reports that Swift's Instagram was under attack, but that situation was sorted out about as quickly as the Twitter one.
While hacking is a terrible crime, you've got to love Swift's response to the whole situation. First (via Washington Post), she posted a response on her Tumblr, stating that she was fine, the authorities were taking care of the problem and everything was ok.
But she tagged the post "#HACKERS GONNA HACK HACK HACK HACK HACK," a reference to the lyrics of her song, "Shake it Off." As well, she also Tweeted the same phrase later.
And after more hackers threatened to leak her nude photos (via TMZ), Swift fired back on Twitter, laughing at her attackers outright. Here's what she posted:
"PS any hackers saying they have 'nudes'? Psssh you'd love that wouldn't you! Have fun photoshopping cause you got NOTHING."
While hackers might continue to be a serious threat in the Age of the Internet (just ask Sony), it's safe to say that Taylor Swift is going to be perfectly fine when it comes to hacking threats.
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