Hacker Showdown: Hacker claims to live-stream deleting Zuckerberg’s Facebook Page on Sunday

A Taiwanese “white hat” hacker, Chang Chi-yuan, claims he’ll broadcast himself hacking Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook page on Sunday, according to a report from Bloomberg. Writing in a Facebook post to his 26,000 followers, Chang Chi-yuan promised to delete the Facebook founder’s account, and broadcast himself doing so on Facebook Live. Chang is a well-known hacker in Taiwan, according to Bloomberg. If Chang Chi-yuan is successful, this would not be the first time Zuckerberg’s account has been hacked.

Self-professed bug bounty-hunter is known to find software flaws in return for money, said on Facebook this week that he would live-stream an endeavor to delete the billionaire’s account at 6 p.m. local time from his own Facebook page.

Chang stated on his Facebook page on Wednesday: “Live streaming the deletion of FB founder Zuck’s account. Scheduled to be live.” The live video is scheduled for 6 p.m. local time on Sunday, which is 6AM Eastern Time.

Chang Chi-yuan

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In post on his Facebook page Friday, Chang said he’s canceling the attack on the Facebook chief executive and broadcast to avoid unnecessary trouble. “I am canceling my live feed, I have reported the bug to Facebook and I will show proof when I get bounty from Facebook,” Chang, who has more than 26,000 followers on Facebook, told Bloomberg News. “There will still be a lot of people questioning my ability even after I find many bugs and earn a copious amount of bounty, and I shouldn’t try to prove myself by toying with Zuck’s account,” he said.