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But before breaking up the band, the politically motivated and self-described "gay furry hackers" published a bunch of furious messages that SiegedSec claims were sent to them by Mike Howell, the executive director of the Heritage Foundation's Oversight Project. The Heritage Foundation is perhaps best known for its involvement in creating the controversial -backed Project campaign.

Here's everything we know about the hacking attempt, the leaks and the fallout that followed. The FBI has raided the leader of the since-disbanded group of gay furry hackers who released data on the Heritage Foundation’s Project , the Daily Dot and Computing report.

The group wrote: "dear heritage foundation,

Heritage Foundation insists it was not hacked by ‘gay furries’ Citing Project , the hacktivist collective SiegedSec released gigabytes of the right-wing think tank’s data. Accordingly, in its Telegram message, SiegedSec wrote, “Project threatens the rights of abortion healthcare and LGBTQ+ communities in particular.

so of course, we won’t stand for that!” punctuating with a “^-^” emote to boot. 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. Original reporting. Fearless journalism. Delivered to you. Will you take the next step to support our independent journalism by becoming a member of The Intercept?

Heritage Foundation said in statement Wednesday that SiegedSec only obtained incomplete password information. The Intercept reviewed copies of files provided to the transparency collective Distributed Denial of Secrets. This is at least the second hack against the Heritage Foundation this year. In April, Heritage shut down its network following a cyberattack tentatively attributed to nation-state hackers.

SiegedSec targeted the Heritage Foundation in early June, according to vio, who denied involvement in the earlier attack. The data at issue has been taken down, and additional security steps have since been taken as a precaution. Court orders are being ignored. MAGA loyalists have been put in charge of the military and federal law enforcement agencies. The Department of Government Efficiency has stripped Congress of its power of the purse.

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