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Bollywood's biggest superstar, Amitabh Bachchan has claimed that his Twitter account is hacked. He tweeted in his official Twitter account (@SrBachchan) as saying that, "WHOA !..My Twitter handle hacked ! Sex sites planted as 'following' ! Whoever did this, try someone else, buddy, I don't need this!" An immediate press release through his agency also confirmed the same.

The Bollywood superstar said that some sex sites were planted by the hackers in his 'following' list. This itself indicated that someone might have accessed the film actor's account and directed Twitter handle of sex sites.

An enthusiastic Twitter user, Amitabh Bachchan has more than 16 million followers on Twitter. Mr Bachchan numbers his original tweets on the microblogging website. The veteran actor has the maximum number of followers in Twitter in India ahead of ‘Baadshah of Bollywood’, Shah Rukh Khan, Narendra Modi, Indian Prime Minister, and Bollwood big star Salman Khan.

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Not always necessarily hacking is required for an account to follow random accounts. At times, it may also happen because of apps that allow access by users to their Twitter accounts.

Amitabh Bachchan was last seen in Piku with Deepika Padukone. He has Wazir with Farhan Akhtar coming up, besides a special appearance in director R Balki's Ki and Ka, currently shooting.

-Sumana