Elmo’s X account hacked to publish racist and antisemetic posts

In case it wasn’t apparent, no, that’s not the actual Elmo that posted racist and antisemetic posts on Elon Musk’s X. Somebody had hacked into the Sesame Avenue character’s X account.

On Sunday, Elmo’s official account printed a number of abusive posts, since eliminated. It’s not clear how the account was compromised, however the nonprofit Sesame Workshop stated it was “working to revive full management of the account.”

The account additionally known as on the Trump administration to launch recordsdata associated to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, which President Trump has sought to downplay. 

On the time of writing, Elmo’s hacked X account nonetheless hyperlinks to a Telegram channel, which in an earlier submit referenced what appeared to be a crypto rip-off.

It’s the most recent high-profile account to have been hacked since Musk’s takeover of the positioning, previously Twitter, in 2022, together with the U.S. Securities and Change Fee, OpenAI, and Donald Trump Jr.

Musk’s AI firm xAI apologized final week after its Grok chatbot posted antisemetic memes and expressed help for Adolf Hitler. Musk himself carried out a Nazi salute at Trump’s inauguration.