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SiegedSec, a collective of self-proclaimed “gay furry hackers,” has claimed credit for breaching online databases of the Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank that spearheaded the rightwing Project 2025 playbook. On Wednesday, as part of string of hacks aimed at organizations that oppose trans rights, SiegedSec released a cache of Heritage Foundation material.

In a post to Telegram announcing the hack, SiegedSec called Project 2025 “an authoritarian Christian nationalist plan to reform the United States government.” The attack was part of the group’s #OpTransRights campaign, which recently targeted rightwing media outlet Real America’s Voice, the Hillsong megachurch, and a Minnesota pastor.

In his foreword to the Project 2025 manifesto, the Heritage Foundation’s president, Kevin Roberts, rails against “the toxic normalization of transgenderism” and “the omnipresent propagation of transgender ideology.” The playbook’s other contributors call on “the next conservative administration” to roll back certain policies, including allowing trans people to serve in the military.

“We’re strongly against Project 2025 and everything the Heritage Foundation stands for,” one of SiegedSec’s leaders, who goes by the handle vio, told The Intercept.

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 315 points 3 months ago

These fuckers are finding out how many queer people are very good with computers.

[-] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 98 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Fursuits cost money, working with computers (typically) pays well; it's a tale as old as... the internet?

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[-] gramathy@lemmy.ml 90 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

There’s a reason “furries run the internet” is only kinda a joke

[-] oatscoop@midwest.social 25 points 3 months ago

Furries do the back-end stuff, Femboys do anything client-facing.

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[-] nick@midwest.social 213 points 3 months ago
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[-] WamGams@lemmy.ca 151 points 3 months ago

I assume they are on Lemmy.

Good job, guys.

[-] Freefall@lemmy.world 24 points 3 months ago

Hell yeah! Keep up the good work and dig deeper!

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[-] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 144 points 3 months ago

If there's a prize for the Best Headline of 2024 out there, this one should win the trophy.

I mean it's just got everything going for it!

[-] glimse@lemmy.world 30 points 3 months ago

I dunno man, this one is good but that phallic iceberg off the coast of Dildo might have it beat

[-] Moose@moose.best 19 points 3 months ago

The one in Conception Bay? That was from 2023 otherwise it'd win.

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[-] geeper@lemmy.world 27 points 3 months ago

I think 2024 has a lot more in store for us to make that claim this soon.

[-] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 23 points 3 months ago

I'll set a reminder so us church ladies can discuss on Jan 1, 2025. ;)

[-] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 140 points 3 months ago

The Gay Agenda

  1. Be gay
  2. Do crimes
  3. Brunch
[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 33 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)
  1. Be Furry
  2. Stop Crimes
  3. Still weird out the normies.
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[-] ResoluteCatnap@lemmy.ml 121 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Little more info

Reportedly 2gb of data

The data includes the “full names, email addresses, passwords, and usernames” of people associating with Heritage, vio said, including users with U.S. government email addresses. “This itself can have an impact to heritage’s (sic) reputation,” they added, “and it’ll especially push away users in positions of power.”

(And thank you gay furry hackers 🫡)

[-] match@pawb.social 25 points 3 months ago

i always knew furries would save us but i thought society would collapse madmax style first

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[-] Fedizen@lemmy.world 105 points 3 months ago

If I ever find these hackers I'm going to treat them to lunch.

[-] SirDerpy@lemmy.world 49 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

They were gay children then professionals and furries. These hackers have been breathing operational security their whole lives. You probably find them when some Morpheus dude in assless chaps offers you two different brands of poppers.

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[-] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 69 points 3 months ago

Is gay furry hackers the hacker known as 4chan’s cousin?

[-] Sabata11792@ani.social 74 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

No one cared who anon was until they put on the suit and tail plug.

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 28 points 3 months ago

And we all really started paying attention when they put on cat ears.

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[-] nailingjello@lemmy.zip 64 points 3 months ago

I read the group name as "Guy Fieri hackers" for some reason. Was confused there for a moment.

I may need more sleep.

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[-] neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 55 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I checked the article to see if this was the NULLBULGE folks again, but no, this was reportedly executed by SiegedSec. A different queer furry hacker group.

[-] match@pawb.social 32 points 3 months ago

gay furry hacker group? sorry, this is the trans therian greyhat group. though if you're looking for the queer scaly infosec group they're right down the hall

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[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 53 points 3 months ago

Well it wasn't going to be the straight furry hackers.

[-] Speculater@lemmy.world 28 points 3 months ago

As a straight furry, I find this offensive. Although it is accurate.

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[-] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 49 points 3 months ago

🫡 Thank you for your service

[-] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 46 points 3 months ago

Do the Gay Furry Hackers accept donations?

[-] CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net 46 points 3 months ago

Thank god for the Furries.

[-] LucidNightmare@lemm.ee 44 points 3 months ago

It’s about damn time these hacker groups started working with their fellow peasants, instead of against them.

[-] thesporkeffect@lemmy.world 38 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

https://www.them.us/story/gay-furry-hacker-group-siegedsec-breach-far-right-media-outlet

Not the same event. I couldn't get the page to archive. Anyone have a better source?

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[-] Suavevillain@lemmy.world 34 points 3 months ago

Thank you, Gay Furries for your service.

[-] probableprotogen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 3 months ago

These guys also hacked the nuclear lab demanding research into cat girls btw. Fucking madlads

[-] noobface@lemmy.world 26 points 3 months ago

there are other kinds of hackers?

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[-] wolfeh@lemmy.world 24 points 3 months ago

Whenever I see the words "gay furry hackers" in a headline, I smile.

[-] j4k3@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago

So it was an inside job from the closet crew of these comic book villains of our dystopian reality.

[-] TootSweet@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago

Anonymous isn't gone. Just gay and furry.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YoDt-MxhHg

(There's one line about Sabu that didn't age well, but it's still a banger.)

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