A Taiwanese hacker for hire has claimed he will delete Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg's profile in a video live-stream on Sunday.

Chang Chi-yuan, a bug bounty hunter who exposes security flaws in websites for money, told followers of his Facebook page he would delete Mr Zuckerberg's account.

"Broadcasting the deletion of FB founder Zuck’s account," the hacker said according to a translation by Bloomberg. "Scheduled to go live."

Security researchers regularly take part in bug bounty schemes, official programmes where companies pay hackers to find flaws in their website. Rewards can be up to hundreds of thousands of pounds for critical bugs.

These disclosures then go through an official process where they are vetted by the company's internal team. High profile companies often dislike researchers making their findings public.

The live-broadcast is unusual, as some companies include non-disclosure agreements in their submission schemes. Showing a hack live could also expose the flaw to other malicious attackers.