Sesame Street YouTube Channel Hacked With Porn
EmailBrought to you by the letter “X” – Sesame Street’s YouTube channel is back up today after being shut down Sunday when hackers took over the site and replaced the videos with porn.
For about 20 minutes yesterday, visitors to the YouTube channel of the popular children’s show saw hardcore porn instead of Elmo and Big Bird. The channel has nearly 150,000 subscribers, and usually hosts dozens of clips from the PBS program.
But Sunday, the hackers replaced the page’s banner to read, “SESAME STREET: I’TS [sic] WHERE PORN LIVES.” In the profile description, the hackers wrote: “WHO DOESN’T LOVE PORN KIDS? RIGHT! EVERYONE LOVES IT…PLEASE DON’T LET SESAME STREET TO GET THIS ACCOUNT BACK KIDS :(…WE GONNA MAKE ALL THE AMERICA HAPPY!”
The banner pinned the hacking on two YouTube users, MrEdxwx and MrSuicider91. MrSuicider91 has yet to comment; MrEdxwx posted a video on his own channel stating, “I did not hack Sesame Street. I am an honsest [sic] youtuber. I work hard to make quality gameplay videos and most important I respect the community guidelines.”
It’s unclear how the hacking happened, and no one has come forward to claim responsibility.
After the hacking, the channel was shut down by YouTube due to “repeated or severe violations of our Community Guidelines” which ban explicit material from the website.
Sesame Workshop, the organization behind Sesame Street, issued an apology after the hacking Sunday, and said in a statement on its YouTube channel: ”We apologize for any inconvenience our audience may have experienced yesterday…our channel was temporarily compromised, but we have since restored our original line-up.”
A YouTube spokesperson told ABC News that “YouTube’s Community Guidelines prohibit graphic content. As always, we remove inappropriate material as soon as we are made aware of it.”
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Bahaaaahahaaaaaa, classic! I wonder how big Big Bird really is!!!
Posted by: Tim | October 17, 2011, 1:41 pm 1:41 pm
@Emperor Odingus Mandingus,
There’s kids on these sites too, watch your mouth. Also, nothing is wrong with bestiality, the animal was probably begging for it, wearing (or not wearing) clothes like that.
Posted by: Brutal | October 17, 2011, 2:56 pm 2:56 pm
I compute a 90% probability that this was done in order to facilitate some nefarious internet regulation bill. Remember, you heard it here first.
Posted by: Jim Clark | October 17, 2011, 4:28 pm 4:28 pm
Anonymous making some nonexistent point no doubt…
Posted by: glacia | October 17, 2011, 4:30 pm 4:30 pm
This wouldn’t make a difference if these people wouldn’t shove their kids in front of the Internet, TV, Video Games and endless other sorts of mindless distractions. Elmo, Big Bird and all the rest of it is turning your kids minds into soup. There is a reason they call it television programming. Thanks. Have a nice day and please leave the planet.
Posted by: John AZ | October 17, 2011, 4:40 pm 4:40 pm
I hope they track down and prosecute them. Judging by the grammar of “WE GONNA MAKE ALL THE AMERICA HAPPY!” I would say that English is not their original language.
We need to keep the kids’ mind safe, especially with the ages that watch Sesame Street. I’m not saying we need increased regulation (a typical Liberal mindset) but rather stiffer penalties that would act as a deterrent. We already have enough regulations. All we need to do is enforce them. And hey, to those who like having sex with animals: knock yourself out. Just don’t go around telling me it’s normal.
Posted by: smithers.smithers.smithers | October 17, 2011, 4:50 pm 4:50 pm
Of course YouTube knew of an exploiting JAVA hack that made it easy to break into channels. The popular YouTube channel Fred was also hacked the same day. does YouTube care? Nope. They obviously allow an exploit to remain. Our channel got hacked and banned as well because of this. Have we had any help from YouTube? Nope. They only care about their cash cows.
Ever since Google took over, YouTube has been nothing but broken features and exploits released every day.
Posted by: Jim Williams | October 17, 2011, 5:51 pm 5:51 pm
“One of these thing
is not like the other.
One of these things
doesn’t belong!”
Posted by: Jack Deth | October 17, 2011, 6:09 pm 6:09 pm
The band Gwar comes to mind…lol. Watch out people dressed in animal costumes.
Posted by: pabstMan787 | October 17, 2011, 6:58 pm 6:58 pm
It would be reasonable to charge the perpetrators, if caught, with sexual exploitation of a child or even rape since they knew children would view the filth they posted. It would also be reasonable to sentence these scumbags to life in prison without parole. That’s what they deserve.
Let’s pray that they are tracked down and arrested wherever they are.
Posted by: Elijah | October 17, 2011, 7:00 pm 7:00 pm
There’s something seriously wrong with somone who would do something like that. This isn’t funny — it’s sick.
Posted by: Jsmith | October 17, 2011, 7:55 pm 7:55 pm
sesame street is a racket
Posted by: oo | October 17, 2011, 9:43 pm 9:43 pm
Why not prosecute the admin who allowed it to be hacked?
Posted by: Derek | October 18, 2011, 12:17 pm 12:17 pm
“It would be reasonable to charge the perpetrators, if caught, with sexual exploitation of a child or even rape since they knew children would view the filth they posted. It would also be reasonable to sentence these scumbags to life in prison without parole. That’s what they deserve.
Let’s pray that they are tracked down and arrested wherever they are.”
Your a bit out in left field don’t you think? sexual exploitation maybe. Rape and life in prison? immediately makes you sound like a moron.
Posted by: BloodyFuton | October 18, 2011, 5:24 pm 5:24 pm
I’m gone to tell my little brother, that he should also visit this blog on regular basis to take updated from latest news.
Posted by: Pat Yanan | December 11, 2011, 11:24 am 11:24 am