NEW YORK: Taylor Swift on Tuesday scoffed at a hacker who took over her social media accounts and threatened to release private pictures, with the pop star saying none existed.

The singer’s Twitter and Instagram accounts were briefly seized by at least one hacker who vowed to release pictures of Swift if supporters paid enough in the form of the virtual currency bitcoin.

“Any hackers saying they have ‘nudes’?” Swift wrote after retaking control of her Twitter account. “Psssh you’d love that wouldn’t you! Have fun photoshopping cause you got NOTHING.” Little was known about the presumed hacker, whose account was suspended by Twitter. The user who threatened to release intimate photos had the Twitter handle @lizzard and signed as lizard in Japanese.