Move over, Count von Count—this weekend, Elmo discovered there’s a more terrifying thing than running out of cookies: a hack.
That’s right, your favorite three-and-a-half-year-old red furball’s X account was commandeered by unknown miscreants who turned his squeaky-voiced cheer into a cacophony of hatred and conspiracy.
“Elmo’s X account was compromised by an unknown hacker who posted disgusting messages, including antisemitic and racist posts,” a Sesame Workshop spokesperson admitted on Monday.
We’re still waiting to hear them add, “And Elmo has no idea how to block these folks.”
Instead of his usual affirmations—“Elmo loves you!”—the account spewed virulent threats targeting Jewish and Black communities, then pivoted to demanding the U.S. government release all the "deets' on convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, complete with expletives.
Yes, the same Elmo who once sweetly asked, “Elmo is just checking in! How is everybody doing?”, now sounded like a cable news host after three espressos and a Twitter tirade.
By early Monday, those vile tweets were gone—deleted faster than Big Bird can recite the alphabet backwards—but not before the hackers left behind a link to their Telegram channel, where they (in their own words) “just wanted to see chaos.”
You know, the same “chaos” that used to be confined to backstage arguments over who gets to hold Oscar the Grouch’s trash can.
Elon Musk’s X team, predictably, “did not immediately respond to a request for comment.”
(Translation: They’re busy trying to figure out if X stands for “Oops, we did it again.”)
Meanwhile, Sesame Workshop is scrambling like Oscar diving into a dumpster, hoping to restore some early-childhood innocence to their social feed.
This isn’t X’s first rodeo—last year, British MPs, international NGOs, and yes, even that one influencer who does pancake art saw their handles hijacked to hawk cryptocurrency.
But hacking Elmo? That’s a Level 5 Villain Move on the Disney scale.
It’s the kind of stunt where you’re simultaneously disturbed and impressed by the sheer gall of it all!
Ironically, Elmo’s feed has recently been a sanctuary for mental health check‑ins.
Just last year, when the friendly monster posted “Elmo is here to remind you to take deep breaths!”, it sparked responses from President Joe Biden and Chance the Rapper.
Now, it’s the digital equivalent of finding out your teddy bear’s bad dreams include hate speech and demands for government transparency on a dead billionaire.
Security experts warn that high‑profile accounts need fortress-like protection—multi‑factor authentication, regular password audits, and perhaps a tiny bouncer puppet who asks, “Password?” before every post.
Because if you can’t trust a preschool icon not to spin out into an antisemitic tirade, who can you trust?
As Sesame Workshop works “to restore full control of the account,” let this be a cautionary tale: in 2025, even your childhood heroes can go rogue.
So hug your Elmo plushie lovingly—just maybe keep it off the Wi‑Fi network.
After all, the only thing scarier than a tickle monster is a trolling monster.
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