Amitabh Bachchan’s Twitter account hacked

Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan is the latest celebrity to fall victim to the depredations of Twitter hackers after he discovered to his shock on Monday that his account on the micro-blogging site had been broken into.

Big B came to this conclusion after he discovered after logging in, much to his discomfiture, that he was 'following' certain salacious sites. He immediately alerted his fans and the culprits with the wry tweet: "WHOA !..My Twitter handle hacked ! Sex sites planted as 'following' ! Whoever did this, try someone else, buddy, I don't need this !"

While it was as yet unclear as to what led to the prurient accounts being followed by Mr. Bachchan's Twitter account, the sites in question have been promptly unfollowed.

The 72-year-old superstar, who regularly takes to Twitter to stay connected with his fans whom he fondly calls his 'extended family', has a staggering 16 million followers on Twitter including celebrities like Dilip Kumar and Shah Rukh Khan.

Earlier, director Karan Johar and Kamal R. Khan's Twitter accounts were hacked in 2012. While Mr. Johar said his account was sending random messages to people, Mr. Khan's Twitter feed spewed a rash of lewd messages.