Hacker uses Elmo’s X account to post antisemitic messages and tweet that reads: ‘RELEASE THE FILES’
A hacker took hold of the X account of the fluffy red cartoon character, “Elmo,” to peddle a string of antisemitic and racist content, as well as calling on President Trump to “release the [Jeffrey Epstein] files.”
In the series of explicit posts, the hacker branded Trump “[Benjamin] Netanyahu’s puppet”, called for the killing of Jews, and accused the President of paedophilia.
“Elmo”, who appears on the children’s show Sesame Street, has over 600,000 followers on X and was steered back into control by the producer of the children’s show, they said Sunday.
“Elmo’s X account was compromised today by an unknown hacker who posted disgusting messages, including antisemitic and racist posts,” a Sesame Workshop – the nonprofit organization behind Sesame Street – spokeswoman said in a statement.
“We are working to restore full control of the account,” they added.
Elmo is a beloved Muppet character on the children’s show, which continues to stream on Disney+, having been on the air since the late 60s.
The posts have since been deleted.
Earlier this year, X was stung by a massive cyber attack that Elon Musk traced to IP addresses “in the Ukraine area,” but the hacking group, Dark Storm Team, claimed it was responsible, in since-deleted Telegram posts.
On Saturday, X owner Elon Musk criticized Trump again as the tumultuous fallout over the White House’s handling of the Epstein files investigation continues to erupt among MAGA supporters.
The Tesla billionaire weighed in amid a response to an X user who had screenshotted a jumbled Truth Social post from Trump on Saturday, in which he urged his followers to forget the matter.
“This is in the running for worst post ever made,” wrote the X user about Trump’s post.
“Seriously,” Musk responded. “He said ‘Epstein’ half a dozen times while telling everyone to stop talking about Epstein.
“Just release the files as promised.”
On Sunday, Democratic strategist David Axelrod suggested that Trump was the architect behind the release of the files connected to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
