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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 314 points 1 month ago

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

[-] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 96 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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 89 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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

[-] oatscoop@midwest.social 25 points 1 month ago

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

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[-] nick@midwest.social 212 points 1 month ago
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[-] WamGams@lemmy.ca 150 points 1 month ago

I assume they are on Lemmy.

Good job, guys.

[-] Freefall@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago

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

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[-] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 143 points 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month ago

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

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[-] geeper@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago

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

[-] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 month ago

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

[-] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 139 points 1 month ago

The Gay Agenda

  1. Be gay
  2. Do crimes
  3. Brunch
[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 32 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
  1. Be Furry
  2. Stop Crimes
  3. Still weird out the normies.
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[-] ResoluteCatnap@lemmy.ml 119 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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 24 points 1 month ago

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

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[-] Fedizen@lemmy.world 104 points 1 month ago

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

[-] SirDerpy@lemmy.world 48 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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 1 month ago

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

[-] Sabata11792@ani.social 74 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 month ago

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

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[-] nailingjello@lemmy.zip 63 points 1 month 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 54 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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 31 points 1 month 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 52 points 1 month ago

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

[-] Speculater@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago

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

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[-] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 48 points 1 month ago

🫡 Thank you for your service

[-] CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net 45 points 1 month ago

Thank god for the Furries.

[-] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 45 points 1 month ago

Do the Gay Furry Hackers accept donations?

[-] LucidNightmare@lemm.ee 44 points 1 month ago

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

[-] thesporkeffect@lemmy.world 38 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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 33 points 1 month ago

Thank you, Gay Furries for your service.

[-] probableprotogen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 1 month ago

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

[-] noobface@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago

there are other kinds of hackers?

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[-] wolfeh@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago

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

[-] TootSweet@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month 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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[-] j4k3@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

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

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