Salman Khan¡¯s Twitter Account Hacked And On Sale On Dark Web, Hackers Threaten Elon Musk To Pay
Reports suggest that superstar Salman Khan's Twitter account has been leaked by hackers on the Dark Web.
Superstar Salman Khan celebrated his birthday with close family and close friends from the industry.
However, reports have surfaced on the internet that Salman Khan's Twitter account has been hacked and the hacker, who claims to have stolen the data of not just Salman Khan but, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, American songster Charlie Puth and nearly 400 million Twitter users put it up for sale on the dark Web, has offered a deal to Elon Musk.
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If reports are to be believed, Israeli cyber intelligence firm Hudson Rock has shared that the database contains vast information about high-profile users.
Several screenshots of the post, in which the hacker has shared information about the data leak were uploaded by Hudson Rock on the micro-blogging platform.
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Taking to Twitter, the hacker tweeted, "I am selling data of +400 million unique Twitter users that was scrapped via a vulnerability, this data is completely private."
According to IANS, the hacker further threatened Elon Musk and offered him a deal.
BREAKING: Hudson Rock discovered a credible threat actor is selling 400,000,000 Twitter users data.
¡ª Hudson Rock (@RockHudsonRock) December 24, 2022
The private database contains devastating amounts of information including emails and phone numbers of high profile users such as AOC, Kevin O'Leary, Vitalik Buterin & more (1/2). pic.twitter.com/wQU5LLQeE1
He wrote, "Twitter or Elon Musk, if you are reading this post, you are already at risk of GDPR fines for the data leak of over 54 million users. Now fines for data leak of 400 million users."
Instagram/SalmanKhan
"Your best option to avoid paying $2.76 million in CDPR breach fines like Facebook did (due to 533 million users being scraped) is to buy this data exclusively," the post further read and the hacker even mentioned that he's ready to make the deal through middlemen.
Meanwhile, Salman Khan, who just turned 57, is yet to make any statement regarding the matter.
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