Elmo's X account hacked to spread antisemitic and racist posts
The X account of Sesame Street character Elmo was hacked and used to post antisemitic and racist messages. Political posts targeting Trump and Netanyahu were also published. Sesame Workshop said an unknown hacker had made the posts and that it had regained control of the account and secured it.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Sesame Workshop
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Antisemitic and racist posts published on Elmo's official X account
- Cause / method
- Takeover of the X account by an unknown hacker
- Location
- United States
Timeline
- It emerged that Elmo's X account had been hacked and used to post antisemitic messages and other content.
- Sesame Workshop confirmed the hack and said it had regained control of the account and secured it.
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