Gay Furry Hackers, Attack! By Brian Simpson
This item goes back a few weeks, but its moral is still relevant. The hacking group SiegedSec, a group describing themselves as “gay furry hackers,” succeeded in hacking the nuclear research hub Idaho National Laboratory (INL). They did not apparently do anything to cause a nuclear incident, but accessed employee data. The groups demanded: “We're willing to make a deal with INL. If they research creating irl catgirls we will take down this post.” That does not make much sense, but presumably it was not meant to. The group also hacked into NATO, leaking internal documents, as payback for human rights violations, presumably of the trans nature, but no-one is sure.
The question to be asked here is, if a group of gay furry hackers can do this, who else is out there, apart from state-based cyber-terrorists, thinking of ways to take down the grid, and even the internet? Today, millions could die due to some frantic fanatic working on a keyboard.
https://www.engadget.com/self-proclaimed-gay-furry-hackers-breach-nuclear-lab-152034192.html
“The nuclear research hub Idaho National Laboratory (INL) confirmed that it fell victim to a data breach on Tuesday. SiegedSec, a group of self-proclaimed "gay furry hackers," took responsibility for the attack and claimed they accessed sensitive employee data like social security numbers, home addresses and more.
"We're willing to make a deal with INL. If they research creating irl catgirls we will take down this post," SiegedSec wrote in a post announcing the leak on Monday.
The hacktivist group SiegedSec conducted a high profile attack on NATO last month, leaking internal documents as a retaliation against those countries for their attacks on human rights. The group commonly attacks government and affiliated organizations for political reasons, like targeting state governments for passing anti-trans legislation earlier this year.
A spokesperson confirmed the breach to Engadget on Wednesday. "On Monday, Nov. 20, Idaho National Laboratory determined that it was the target of a cybersecurity data breach in a federally approved vendor system outside the lab that supports INL cloud Human Resources services. INL has taken immediate action to protect employee data," an INL spokesperson said. The lab said it has reached out to authorities for help on how to proceed as it determines how to handle the breach.
INL works as a Department of Energy affiliate researching nuclear reactors, among other projects like sustainable energy. It employs more than 5,000 people.”
“SiegedSec, a self-described group of gay furry hackers, took its skills to state governments in late June, breaching agencies across five states and releasing a wealth of data.
The states targeted on June 27 were Texas, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and South Carolina. Though the other states' targeting was not specifically explained, a 180 gigabyte leak from the previous week on the government in Fort Worth, Texas, was apparently over the state's move to ban gender-affirming care.
"Furries" are a small community of people interested in or identifying with anthropomorphic or animated animals.
"Texas happens to be one of the largest states banning gender affirming care, and for that, we have made Texas our target. F**k the government," a message posted on the SiegedSec Telegram chat said. "We easily hijacked their administrator account~ :D The files leaked include: Work orders, employee lists, invoices, police reports, emails between employees/contractors, internal documents, camera footage, and lots, lots, lots more~!"
So far in 2023, Texas legislators have introduced 65 anti-trans bills, according to the Trans Legislation Tracker, four of which have passed. One of the laws bars children from receiving any kind of care "intended to transition a child's biological sex."
South Carolina's legislators have introduced 25. One aims to prevent gender-affirming care for minors. Pennsylvania has introduced three, one of which limits trans students' participation in public school sports. South Dakota and Nebraska's legislators have each introduced five anti-trans bills, and each passed one. Both passed bills in South Dakota and Nebraska prohibiting gender-affirming care for minors.
The leader of SiegedSec, who goes only by Vio online to protect their privacy, said in an interview with Insider that the group's overall mission was to "have fun and cause chaos."
"Sometimes we participate in a hacktivist operation though, with different goals. Our small, tight-knit group is made up of members with a wide variety of skill sets," Vio said in a message on the encrypted chat app Signal. "We are also actually gay furries, I've seen countless people doubt that aspect of our group."”
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