Elon Musk offered a 19 year-old $5,000 to take down a Twitter account that tracks his private jet, report says

The owner of the account that tracks Musk's private jet was offered $5,000 if he took the account offline, according to Protocol.

The account shows the movements of Musk's private jet, using bots that monitor publicly available air traffic data.

Jack Sweeney, the owner of the account, received a message from Musk at 12:13 a.m. in fall last year. Can you take this down? It is a security risk.

I can but it will cost you a Model 3 only joking, per Protocol.

According to Protocol, Musk said: "I don't love the idea of being shot by a nutcase."

Protocol reported that Musk offered Sweeney $5,000 after a few messages.

Any chance of increasing that to $50k? Sweeney said that it would be great support in college and that he might be able to get a car.

According to the outlet, Musk said he would think about it, but he hasn't been back in touch.

Musk responded that air traffic control is so primitive when Sweeney told him where to put the data.

It is not clear if Protocol viewed the messages.

Musk said that social-media accounts tracking his movements were becoming a security issue.

Jack Sweeney didn't respond immediately after being contacted out-of-hours. Insider was unable to contact Musk.