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Someone hijacked Elmo's X account to post antisemitic rants

ID: 6e5e86ef-e959-5d81-a7f1-96c4ce71a68a

STIX ID: report--6e5e86ef-e959-5d81-a7f1-96c4ce71a68a

Feed Name: The Register (Security)

Date Published: 2025-07-14

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Jessica Lyons

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The report describes a brief compromise of Elmo’s official X (Twitter) account by an unknown attacker who posted antisemitic and racist messages before the account was secured by Sesame Workshop. It situates the incident within a broader pattern of X account hijackings and platform abuse, referencing earlier high-profile takeovers and recent incidents involving Mandiant, the US SEC, and xAI’s Grok.

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