The Elmo account usually posts wholesome content in character on X. The hacker posted profanity and racism.

Sesame Workshop is working to regain control of Elmo’s X account after a hacker posted racist and antisemitic messages.

Elmo's X account was apparently hacked as an anonymous antagonist used the lovable red monster as a mouthpiece to promote antisemitic views, boost an obscure crypto toy company and belabor on ...

Sesame Workshop has regained control of Elmo's X account after a hacker posted racist and antisemitic messages.

The account was compromised over the weekend and instead of the usual posts of encouragement and kindness, Elmo’s 650,000 followers were given antisemitic threats.

In case it wasn’t obvious, no, that’s not the real Elmo that posted racist and antisemitic posts on Elon Musk’s X. Someone hacked into the Sesame Street character’s X account.

While Elmo's official X account has not made any posts acknowledging Sunday's hack, a Sesame Workshop spokesperson confirmed the incident in a statement shared with Mashable and other publications.

The official X account of popular Sesame street character Elmo was hacked on Sunday resulting in a series of offensive and antisemitic messages that shocked many social media users.

The popular X account for the “Sesame Street" character Elmo began posting controversial messages that were quickly deleted after going viral on Sunday.

Elmo's X account was hacked, leading to offensive posts including antisemitic rants and anti-Trump statements. Sesame Street is working to restore control.

The Elmo hack occurred exactly a week after another antisemitism controversy on X. Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok spread antisemitic posts on the social media platform.