Bollywood's 'Bhai Jaan' Salman Khan turned 57 on Tuesday and celebrated his birthday at a star-studded party. Salman Khan who is among India's biggest superstars in the film-industry often grabs headlines from time to time. Now, it has been reported that Salman Khan's Twitter account has been hacked and hackers have threatened Elon Musk to either pay the ranson or else the data of 400 million users will be put on sale on the dark web including Salman Khan.
Salman Khan's Twitter account and sale of 400 million data of Twitter users
Reportedly, the hackers, who claim to have stolen the data of nearly 400 million Twitter users, have offered a deal to Twitter. Israeli cyber intelligence firm, Hudson Rock, has revealed that the data of Twitter users stolen by the hacker contains devastating amounts of information, including e-mails and phone numbers of high-profile users including Salman Khan, Charlie Puth, and Google CEO Sundar Pichai. The firm has also shared pictures of the post on Twitter in which the hacker has shared information about the data leak.
BREAKING: Hudson Rock discovered a credible threat actor is selling 400,000,000 Twitter users data.
— 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
What do the hackers want?
Reportedly, the hackers wrote, "I am selling data of +400 million unique Twitter users that was scrapped via a vulnerability, this data is completely private. 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."
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"Your best option to avoid paying $2.76 million in CDPR breach fines like Facebook did (due to 533 million users being scrapped) is to buy this data exclusively," it added. They said that they’re ready to deal with any middleman. Moreover, the hacker mentioned that "I will delete this thread and will not sell this info again".
Salman Khan's birthday
Salman Khan, who is fondly called Bhaijaan, is celebrating his 57th birthday today, December 27. The actor's sister, Arpita Khan Sharma, hosted a party for her beloved brother at her residence in Mumbai. Salman was spotted wearing an all-black outfit for the day. His friend and actor Shah Rukh Khan joined the bash last night and the two posed for the paparazzi.