A collective of self-proclaimed “gay furry hackers” group called SiegedSec leaked thousands of human resource records from a nuclear research laboratory last month. Their only demand was that the lab begin researching catgirl development.
In a Telegram post in mid-November, SiegedSec, a group of anonymous hacktivists who favor l33tspeak and furry lingo, claimed to have infiltrated the security systems of the Idaho National Laboratory. The lab is one of the largest nuclear research facilities in the U.S. and conducts both military and medical research. The furry group released a list of names, addresses, and SSNs for employees and users at the INL, which were confirmed to be real. SiegedSec went on to say, “We’re willing to make a deal with INL. If they research creating irl catgirls, we will take down this post.”
Of course, this outrageous demand was largely a joke. Genetically modified catgirls are a popular meme, and a likely unreachable pipe dream for the fantastically-minded. Elon Musk, for instance, occasionally speaks about his desire to make catgirls real. However, SiegedSec did state that the INL was not selected as a target for any particular reason; rather, this breach was part of a more general attempt to damage and discredit the U.S. government, which the group describes as “one of the driving evil forces in the world.”
Although previous SiegedSec leader YourAnonWolf stated that the group was “just for the lulz,” this isn’t the first time these furry hackers have targeted political entities. As far as records show, SiegedSec likely formed in early 2022, when they first rose to infamy by releasing 8 GB of data from Arkansas’s and Kentucky’s state governments as a protest against the overturn of Roe v. Wade. Their hacktivism efforts have largely targeted private-sector corporations such as security and finance companies. In just the past year though, they’ve attacked several more state governments as part of a statement condemning anti-transgender legislation.
The United States has come under a lot of fire recently for discriminatory laws, homophobic politicians, and more. It’s a curious trend that some of the most consistent hacktivists attacking the government have been gay furries. SiegedSec has been compared to and even collaborated with several other hacker groups such as Lulzsec and GhostSec. And, of course, one can’t forget maia arson crimew, the nonbinary hacktivist and real-life catgirl who leaked the TSA no-fly list earlier this year. I guess what they say is true: Furries really do pwn the internet.
