someone from swift 's team promptly deleted the tweets , but the hackers claimed that they had access to nude photos of the 1989 hitmaker ( via the verge ) . have fun photoshopping cause you got nothing . for a long time now , swift 's belly button has been shrouded in mystery . twitter is deleting the hacker tweets and locking my account welcome to new york , taylor swift 's social media accounts were hijacked on tuesday , jan. 27 , by so - called elite hackers who threatened to release nude photos of the pop superstar in exchange for bitcoins . now , all your burning questions have been answered . the accounts @lizzard and @veruser were suspended by twitter as of tuesday afternoon . the story began early tuesday when several updates were tweeted from swift 's accounts , instructing her 50 million - plus fans to follow two specific members of the lizard squad , @lizzard and @veriuser . while hanging out in maui with the ladies of haim , swift posted this bikini picture revealing her belly button for the first time : ok , maybe it 's not the first time we ' ve ever seen swift 's elusive navel , but it 's certainly the first time in a while .