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Click here to see the summaryBut before breaking up the band, the politically motivated and self-described âgay furry hackersâ published a bunch of furious messages that SiegedSec claims were sent to them by Mike Howell, the executive director of the Heritage Foundationâs Oversight Project. The feud began on July 9 after SiegedSec said it obtained usernames, passwords, logs and âother juicy infoâ belonging to the Heritage Foundation, and then leaked that private data online in response to the org producing and promoting Project 2025. Project 2025 is a lengthy and fairly detailed blueprint that outlines how a future conservative president â such as, say, Donald Trump should he win the election again â could overhaul the federal government and public policy to enact a far-Right agenda and give huge powers to the executive branch. And ultimately, it seeks to expand the executive branchâs power, ensure that federal agencies and their leaders and rank-and-file fall heavily in line with the presidentâs agenda and âpush back against woke policies in corporate Americaâ [PDF]. SiegedSec, whose previous targets have included Americaâs biggest nuclear power labâs computer systems and NATO (on multiple occasions), said it took issue with Project 2025âs âauthoritarian Christian nationalist plan to reform the United States government.â From there the messages said to have been sent from Howell become increasingly dark, lecturing the crew on beastiality and how itâs a âweird sin,â calling them perverts," and then telling vio âyou wonât be able to wear a furry tiger costume when youâre getting pounded in the ass in the federal prison I put you in next year.â â Saved 56% of original text.
Lol. The gay furry Cybersecurity activistâs reputations are already established.
We like them.
I appreciate what theyâre doing, and hope they keep a strong eye on where their ethical boundaries are, and keep out of anything too hot for their opsec to handle.
But Mike Howell needs to watch Oceanâs 13.
âI know all the guys you would send after me. They like me more than they like you!â
Again, it depends. Some of the most notorious hackers of all time literally had their prison sentences commuted so that they can work for the NSA (or US Govât in some capacity).
They have a good point though. Pen testing is a vanishingly small corner of our field, and I havenât seen anyone with a past conviction get hired for those roles, in a long time. (Edit: Of course, I work with privacy respecting folks, so there could be, and their conviction just isnât famous.)
Iâve seen too many hacker kids think their hacker reputation is going to get them out of trouble, and it didnât.
Iâll defer to you on this as Iâm by no means an expert. I suppose I thought there was more demand for young people who have that specific skillset than there actually is.
Yeah. The demand for red team skills is complicated.
Thereâs plenty of work to do. But thereâs a lot of anxiety, and in some cases laws, that make hiring managers cautious.
When a team member is going to sometimes physically break into a data center, things are much simpler if they have an unimpeachable reputation.
And that, itself, is unfair, since everyoneâs definition of âunimpeachable reputationâ is going to be a bit different. Iâm inclined to factor in motives, but not everyone can.
So itâs not the end of the world for a young hacker with a conviction, but they definitely have a more difficult time.
doubt the furries will care much about being outed as furries, but cybercrime is a big no-no when it comes to actual employment
Absolutely.
I would prefer our gay furry hackers keep things fully legal, for their own sakes.
That said, Mike needs help from folks like me to catch these kids, and as long as theyâre sticking to ethical hacking, Iâm not motivated.
Also, I donât like Mike.
His claim that he actually has my kind of help, actually on his side, is⊠overconfident, I think.
I canât guarantee that, though, so Iâm glad to hear our ethical hackers have decided to lay low.
In any case, everyone has a slightly different perspective on what counts as ethical, so I hope theyâll stick to legal as much as their conscience will allow, from here out.
From there the messages said to have been sent from Howell become increasingly dark, lecturing the crew on beastiality and how itâs a âweird sin,â calling them perverts," and then telling vio âyou wonât be able to wear a furry tiger costume when youâre getting pounded in the ass in the federal prison I put you in next year.â
Overall, not a good look for an organization touting Christian value
Conservatives and especially conservative Christians have some very particular obsessions.
Given the slant of the article, it really feels like The Register missed an opportunity for a spicier headline like âMike Howell, Heritage Foundation executive, reportedly discloses gay furry prison sex fantasiesâ