“Gay Furry Hackers” Claim Credit for Hacking Heritage Foundation Files Over Project 2025

[Nomad4Ever]

“Gay Furry Hackers” Claim Credit for Hacking Heritage Foundation Files Over Project 2025

Hacker collective SiegedSec says it infiltrated Heritage Foundation to oppose its campaign against trans rights detailed in the Project 2025 manifesto.

theintercept.com

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 right-wing Project 2025 playbook. SiegedSec released a cache of Heritage Foundation material as part of a string of hacks aimed at organizations that oppose transgender rights, although Heritage disputed that its own systems were breached.

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

“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.

In its Telegram post, SiegedSec said it obtained passwords and other user information for “every user” of a Heritage Foundation database, including Roberts and some U.S. government employees. Heritage Foundation said in statement Wednesday that SiegedSec only obtained incomplete password information.

And if that isn't good enough, we have the chat logs between the leader of the SiegedSec hacktivist group and Heritage Foundation.

“Mike Howell reached out to us, at first to ask questions to understand our motives and why we breached his organisation. then, he proceeded to throw insults, threats, and claimed our existence was against nature,” SiegedSec continued. “we tried answering things in a way to hopefully help him understand. but as his insults grew, so did our impatience. we are releasing all of our chat logs with Mike Howell, we have an extra surprise for him coming soon~.”

The Daily Dot reached out to Howell over X and asked him to confirm the chat log’s legitimacy. Howell, who falsely accused the Daily Dot of being involved in the hack itself, responded by confirming the post’s accuracy.

“Yah that’s me. For sure,” Howell said, noting the conversation occurred today.

Read the furious texts the Heritage Foundation sent furry hacking collective SiegedSec after breach

'Closeted Furries will be presented to the world for the degenerate perverts they are,' Howell said.

www.dailydot.com

Clearly, getting ****ed up this badly by "degenerate furries" struck a nerve. If they right has seemingly endless amounts of dark money, think tanks, and lobbying groups then the left has nerdy IT groups. Conservatives have no idea the number of IT workers who are gay, trans, furry, or in many cases all three.

This isn't the first hack from SiegedSec and I doubt it will be the last. I can't wait to see what else they release. But we've certainly seen what kind of person Mike Howell and the Heritage Foundation is. He's frothing at the mouth to send queer people to camps.

 

[BirdinHand]

This is hysterical if true.

 

[Nomad4Ever]

Here is the full conversation. Mike Howell has also retweeted screenshots of the convo for some reason as if it makes him look good.

https://files.catbox.moe/i0tkbp.txt

 

[americanwoman]

meow :3
(image of a cat :3)



love it while that dude is frothing at the mouth.

 

[Nomad4Ever]

This is hysterical if true.

Oh, it is very true. He's confirmed the authenticity of the conversation and spread the logs of it on twitter himself for some reason.

The power Vio must have felt replying to the leader of the most organized hate movement in the US with :3

 

[PoliSciPulse]

Oh, it is very true. He's confirmed the authenticity of the conversation and spread the logs of it on twitter himself for some reason.

The power Vio must have felt replying to the leader of the most organized hate movement in the US with :3

Hacking anything is always a grey area for me. It depends what you're hacking, why you're hacking it, and how you're hacking it. So, I will say this: as long as he and his accomplices were informed about the risks they were facing by hacking something, then it's hard to object to it. Their motivations appear to be genuine, etc. - and it's not a hack for hack's sake. I often feel the same way about Julian Assange (Wikileaks as a whole, not just the Russian email episode). Except in his case, he wasn't willing to do the time.

 

[Bok Tuklo]

As entertaining as this is, what exactly was released? Has there been any reporting on the materials gained by the group?

 

[Nomad4Ever]

As entertaining as this is, what exactly was released? Has there been any reporting on the materials gained by the group?

They've been teasing it. They only hacked them a few days ago. So far they have claimed to have the information of every Heritage Foundation employee.

 

[Redress]

I do not like the Heritage Foundation or Project 2025, but that does not excuse hacking them. I think that is something people lose sight of.

 

[Bok Tuklo]

They've been teasing it. They only hacked them a few days ago. So far they have claimed to have the information of every Heritage Foundation employee.

That’s really more of a doxx, isn’t it? If they do have the donor list, that is important.

 

[Nomad4Ever]

I do not like the Heritage Foundation or Project 2025, but that does not excuse hacking them. I think that is something people lose sight of.

This guy literally is salivating about people getting raped in prison, is actively working towards that goal, and has the power and resources to potentially. But hacking is too far?

Ok.

 

[PoliSciPulse]

I do not like the Heritage Foundation or Project 2025, but that does not excuse hacking them. I think that is something people lose sight of.

It depends on what is going to be leaked. As @Bok Tuklo said, if they just have the members, or even addresses of donors, it's a doxx. What I think would be far more relevant would be any communication between the organization and the Trump campaign, etc. - right now, we have no gauge of how seriously it's been thought about in terms of whether Trump will implement it, etc. - all we have are his own statements about it. Would love to see if they've been talking and, if so, the degree to which they have.

 

[element94]

“Gay Furry Hackers” Claim Credit for Hacking Heritage Foundation Files Over Project 2025

Hacker collective SiegedSec says it infiltrated Heritage Foundation to oppose its campaign against trans rights detailed in the Project 2025 manifesto.

theintercept.com

And if that isn't good enough, we have the chat logs between the leader of the SiegedSec hacktivist group and Heritage Foundation.

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Read the furious texts the Heritage Foundation sent furry hacking collective SiegedSec after breach

'Closeted Furries will be presented to the world for the degenerate perverts they are,' Howell said.

www.dailydot.com

Clearly, getting ****ed up this badly by "degenerate furries" struck a nerve. If they right has seemingly endless amounts of dark money, think tanks, and lobbying groups then the left has nerdy IT groups. Conservatives have no idea the number of IT workers who are gay, trans, furry, or in many cases all three.

This isn't the first hack from SiegedSec and I doubt it will be the last. I can't wait to see what else they release. But we've certainly seen what kind of person Mike Howell and the Heritage Foundation is. He's frothing at the mouth to send queer people to camps.

All I can say at this point is good, I wasn't surprised.

 

[Redress]

This guy literally is salivating about people getting raped in prison, is actively working towards that goal, and has the power and resources to potentially. But hacking is too far?

Ok.

Why does one person acting like an ass mean that another person was not wrong in doing something?

 

[Bok Tuklo]

I do not like the Heritage Foundation or Project 2025, but that does not excuse hacking them. I think that is something people lose sight of.

“The only way to change the world is through intentional, directed violence.”

~ From The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera

 

[Redress]

It depends on what is going to be leaked. As @Bok Tuklo said, if they just have the members, or even addresses of donors, it's a doxx. What I think would be far more relevant would be any communication between the organization and the Trump campaign, etc. - right now, we have no gauge of how seriously it's been thought about in terms of whether Trump will implement it, etc. - all we have are his own statements about it. Would love to see if they've been talking and, if so, the degree to which they have.

I disagree. If you hack someone and steal private data, that is wrong, period.

 

[Redress]

“The only way to change the world is through intentional, directed violence.”

~ From The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera

And that would be untrue. MLK Jr. changed the world to a significant degree as just one example. Crime and violence are far from the only answer.

 

[Bok Tuklo]

And that would be untrue. MLK Jr. changed the world to a significant degree as just one example. Crime and violence are far from the only answer.

MLK Jr committed crimes. So did Ghadi.

 

[Paradoxical]

“Gay Furry Hackers” Claim Credit for Hacking Heritage Foundation Files Over Project 2025

Hacker collective SiegedSec says it infiltrated Heritage Foundation to oppose its campaign against trans rights detailed in the Project 2025 manifesto.

theintercept.com

And if that isn't good enough, we have the chat logs between the leader of the SiegedSec hacktivist group and Heritage Foundation.

View attachment 67519633
View attachment 67519635

Read the furious texts the Heritage Foundation sent furry hacking collective SiegedSec after breach

'Closeted Furries will be presented to the world for the degenerate perverts they are,' Howell said.

www.dailydot.com

Clearly, getting ****ed up this badly by "degenerate furries" struck a nerve. If they right has seemingly endless amounts of dark money, think tanks, and lobbying groups then the left has nerdy IT groups. Conservatives have no idea the number of IT workers who are gay, trans, furry, or in many cases all three.

This isn't the first hack from SiegedSec and I doubt it will be the last. I can't wait to see what else they release. But we've certainly seen what kind of person Mike Howell and the Heritage Foundation is. He's frothing at the mouth to send queer people to camps.

And__________________________________________________?

This seems like a facebook post of someone's cat chasing a fake mouse.

 

[PoliSciPulse]

I disagree. If you hack someone and steal private data, that is wrong, period.

Per the law, yes, you are 100% correct. But as an observer or someone who could read the files -- you're telling me that revealing communications between say, the Trump Campaign and The Heritage Foundation is not also doing a public service? You can do a public service, but can still be on the wrong side of the law.

One such example is the March to Selma across to the Pettus bridge. The Foot Soldiers of the Civil Rights March on Bloody Sunday and the subsequent, second March were breaking the law because of a curfew and other protest restrictions imposed on them by the State of Alabama. But in breaking the law, they performed a public service and increase access to the ballot, among other things, as a result of their breaking the law.

While the current situation is not as dire, these hackers can still break the law and do a public service much in the same way. But, where I do agrees with you is personal addresses, emails, etc. - they should be off limits --(the term for that is Personally Identifiable Information (PII) -- but internal communications and stuff I would consider a public interest provided no doxxing occurs in the process.

 

[Nomad4Ever]

Why does one person acting like an ass mean that another person was not wrong in doing something?

Acting like an ass? He wasn't someone who cut me off in traffic.

This is real life. With real people. Who will really get killed, sent to prison, or have their rights stripped away if this guy and his organization accomplish their Project 2025 plans.

Sorry fighting for civil rights and resisting fascism is too messy for you. It sucks that this guy won't just stop attacking civil rights when asked nicely. But I somehow doubt that if people start getting sent to prison for being queer like this guy clearly wants they will be thinking "well, at least we didn't break the law while we resisted!" as they are being dragged away.

 

[Nomad4Ever]

And that would be untrue. MLK Jr. changed the world to a significant degree as just one example. Crime and violence are far from the only answer.

MLK's literal entire thing was committing crimes...

His most famous protests were going to places with segregated seating and ILLEGALLY doing sit ins?!

 

[Helix]

Eminem criticized the precious. I'm surprised that fascists still listen to him. I don't think they're allowed to do that, are they?

 

[Lutherf]

I disagree. If you hack someone and steal private data, that is wrong, period.

Noble thought there but, as always, we're dealing with left wing activists so the ends ALWAYS justify the means. That's just who left wingers are.

 

[Cope]

This is hysterical if true.

Hysterically illegal, right?