Taylor Swift's Twitter Hacked, Nothing In This World Is Sacred

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Hackers got hold of Taylor Swift's Twitter account, demanding that her 51 million fans follow the "leader" of hacking team Lizard Squad (the same group that took responsibility for Facebook's outage this morning despite Facebook's denial). Hackers used Tay's signature emoji usage and "Love you all!!! xx," but the tweets were removed withing 15 minutes. Clearly, nothing is safe. Taylor, you know what to do.

Update: In true Taylor fashion, the popstar fought back in song, as well as a shoutout to her #1 bestie of the day, Hayley Williams:

Cause the hackers gonna hack, hack, hack, hack, hack...

— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) January 27, 2015

I'd like to acknowledge the MVP of the day, @yelyahwilliams, for being the first to text me about the hack this morning. #FriendshipGoals

— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) January 27, 2015

PS any hackers saying they have 'nudes'? Psssh you'd love that wouldn't you! Have fun photoshopping cause you got NOTHING.

— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) January 27, 2015