Antisemitic hacker seizes control over official X account for famed Sesame Street character, uses it to spread anti-Trump and antisemitic messages calling for genocide of all Jews worldwide.
The social media account of an iconic children’s show character was hijacked over the weekend and used to spread genocidal antisemitic messages, before the account’s administrators were able to regain control.
On Sunday, the official X/Twitter account of Elmo, a Muppet character from the television show Sesame Street, was hacked into and used to post anti-Jewish, anti-Trump, and Jeffrey Epstein-related tweets.
“Kill all Jews,” one tweet read. “Elmo says ALL JEWS SHOULD DIE. F*** Jews,” read another.
While the account was hacked, it posted messages demanding that the Trump administration release all documents pertaining to disgraced financier and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, while accusing President Donald Trump of pedophilia.
The hacker also called the president a “puppet” of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“RELEASE THE FILES DONALD TRUMP CHILD F***ER.”
“DONALD TRUMP IS NETANYAHU’S PUPPET BECAUSE HE IS IN THE EPSTEIN FILES. JEWS CONTROL THE WORLD AND NEED TO BE EXTERMINATED.”
A spokesperson for the show confirmed to Fox News that the account had been “compromised” and used to post “disgusting messages.”
“Elmo’s X account was compromised today by an unknown hacker who posted disgusting messages, including antisemitic and racist posts. We are working to restore full control of the account.”
The offensive posts were removed within an hour, and the account was placed back under the administrators’ control, but not before the account, with nearly 650,000 followers, managed to gain international attention.
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