Sesame Street Letter X Hack Puts Porn On YouTube Page

Posted By: majestic Oct 17, 2011

Bert & ErnieSo far as subversive pranks go, this one doesn’t seem especially anti-establishment. How about hacking some banks’ YouTube pages instead? CNN reports on the juvenile shocker:

Hackers appeared to have commandeered the YouTube page of the venerable “Sesame Street” children’s show Sunday, reprogramming the page with content brought to you by the letter “X.”

The show page was taken offline Sunday afternoon, and visitors were greeted with a message from the video website informing them it had been shut down “due to repeated or severe violations of our community guidelines.” Users who called up the account earlier had found explicit sex videos instead of Muppets.

“YouTube’s Community Guidelines prohibit graphic content,” a YouTube representative told CNN. “As always, we remove inappropriate material as soon as we are made aware of it.”

Sesame Workshop, the non-profit organization behind Sesame Street, issued an apology Sunday…

[continues at CNN]

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  • Vi0let_femme

    idiots

  • Vi0let_femme

    idiots

  • Anonymous

    and what was the point of that?
    is Sesame Street a threat somehow?
    sure there are more important targets for hacking?

  • samthor

    and what was the point of that?
    is Sesame Street a threat somehow?
    sure there are more important targets for hacking?

  • Anonymous

    “Big Bird does Bert and Ernie”

  • GoodDoktorBad

    “Big Bird does Bert and Ernie”

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WNJO236SF5VLSOB6ZUCBLDBF6M MaxImpactGuns

    Good thing I don’t let my daughter watch that show. Or youtube for that matter. It’s all Yo Gabba Gabba and Dora the explorer

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WNJO236SF5VLSOB6ZUCBLDBF6M MaxImpactGuns

    Good thing I don’t let my daughter watch that show. Or youtube for that matter. It’s all Yo Gabba Gabba and Dora the explorer

  • V.

    classic Trolling. like when they hacked the epilepsy association forums and placed tons of flashing lights on posts. Must have been 4chan trolls as the random attacks with no meaning are their calling card. In a way they are trying to reveal vulnerabilities but yes that is going over the top. 

  • V.

    classic Trolling. like when they hacked the epilepsy association forums and placed tons of flashing lights on posts. Must have been 4chan trolls as the random attacks with no meaning are their calling card. In a way they are trying to reveal vulnerabilities but yes that is going over the top. 

  • Null

    Hackers do whatever the hell they want, who are we to tell them what they should hack? You guys are idiots for believing that all hackers care to steal things, as opposed to just pissing people off and getting a laugh.

  • Null

    Hackers do whatever the hell they want, who are we to tell them what they should hack? You guys are idiots for believing that all hackers care to steal things, as opposed to just pissing people off and getting a laugh.

  • Anonymous

    There’s a difference between hacktivists (white hats) and people having a laugh(grey hats).

  • dumbsaint

    There’s a difference between hacktivists (white hats) and people having a laugh(grey hats).

  • Toxiczen

    i bet Snufalufagus has a huge wang… 😛

  • Toxiczen

    i bet Snufalufagus has a huge wang… 😛

  • Sangproductions183

    The BEST this hacker can do is put porn on sesame street’s youtube??? What a fucking waste of time and talent. Try putting your skills to better use, say humiliating a large bank.

    What a wanker.

  • Sangproductions183

    The BEST this hacker can do is put porn on sesame street’s youtube??? What a fucking waste of time and talent. Try putting your skills to better use, say humiliating a large bank.

    What a wanker.

  • Anonymous

    LaLa LaLa, Elmo’s Schlong.

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  • Sinchy

    LaLa LaLa, Elmo’s Schlong.