Overview

• On July 13 at around 7:20 PM ET, Elmo’s official X account was taken over and restored within roughly 30 minutes
• The compromised profile posted vile messages urging President Trump to “RELEASE THE FILES,” calling him a “child fucker” and “Netanyahu’s puppet”
• One post explicitly called for the extermination of Jews, marking it as a major instance of hate speech exploitation
• All offensive content was deleted once control returned and normal account activity resumed
• Screenshots and user reactions continue to circulate online, highlighting lingering platform security vulnerabilities