The hacker collective SiegedSec says it infiltrated the conservative think tank to oppose its campaign against trans rights.

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.

  • Flying Squid
    32•7 months ago

    I have no idea, but this isn’t the first time they’ve gotten irrationally upset about them:

    Yeah I’m not too happy with all the kids, mostly because they largely ruined animal humanoids with their weird furry BS, and they think Critical Role is some kind of good demonstration on what a real session is like and not a well funded production.

    https://lemmy.world/comment/11069488

    That was a in a thread about D&D and the creator’s sexism.

    Also, I haven’t met too many furries, but the ones I’ve met seemed like decent people.

    • @WhatYouNeed
      15•7 months ago

      'the ones I’ve met seemed like decent people."

      Squid hits the nail on the head here. Furries are just being themselves, which we are always told we should be. Until some old fart gets all twisted up on hate by preach everyone should be as bitter and twisted as they are.

      Hell, there are so many more pressing issues in the world to deal with. Who cares who love whom or what. Let’s focus on the bigger issues like corruption, greed, and tribalism. Who fucken cares if Fred loves Fred, or Jane wants to marry Jane.

      I want to worry about how many dollars are getting stuffed into political or judicial pockets. That’s the real issue.