Children hoping to watch Sesame Street on YouTube on Sunday were greeted with quite the opposite.The channelwas hacked, all videos deleted, design modified and graphic porn uploaded. A blurred screenshot is posted below.
It took Google around 22 minutes to pull the content down and close the channel but even now,search results[NSFW] for Sesame Street on YouTube reveals the occasional graphic thumbnail.
Although unconfirmed, according to areddit comment, it may have been a revenge attack as the name of the account was changed to a YouTube user calledMrEdxwximplying he was the person behind the hack. With many assuming he is responsible, comments onhis pageare a mix of compliments to disgust.
(Update:MrEdxwx has sinceposted a videotitled I did not hack Sesame Street).
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Frankly as amusing as the characters expressions are below, it is awful that kids as young as five may have seen the videos. Kudos to Google for responding swiftly.
Here’s a great video of Sesame Streetin happier times.
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