Sesame Streets YouTube channel hacked, replaced with porn

Publish date: 2024-05-06

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Sesame Street had its YouTube channel hacked — with videos of the child-friendly Big Bird and Cookie Monster replaced with raunchy porn videos, the show said.

The clips were removed on Sunday after 22 minutes before the site was temporarily taken offline.

Aside from uploading porn videos, the hackers also changed the channel’s profile to read, “WHO DOESN’T LOVE PORN KIDS? RIGHT! EVERYONE LOVES IT!”

Sesame Workshop, the non-profit organization that runs the hit PBS show, issued an apology to viewers.

“Our channel was compromised and we are presently working with YouTube/Google to restore our original content. We always strive to provide age-appropriate content for our viewers and hope to resolve this problem quickly,” the show said.

Sesame Street’s YouTube channel, which has 148,000 subscribers, was running smoothly by Sunday night.

Several comments on the site claimed the XXX videos were posted by YouTube user MrEdxwx. He denied the charge.

“I did not hack Sesame Street. I am an honest YouTuber,” he posted. “I work hard to make quality gameplay videos, and most important I respect the community guidelines.”

Google, which owns YouTube, did not comment on the attack.

“Sesame Street” Executive Producer Carol-Lynn Parente said YouTube had taken the channel down after noticing the racy material.

Parente said “Sesame Street” had received no viewer complaints.

YouTube said it counsels clients to adopt tougher security to avoid hackers.

With AP

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