‘Gay Furry’ Hackers Hit US Nuclear Lab

SiegedSec, a group of gay furry hackers, has hit a US nuclear lab in Idaho, purportedly in response to legislation prohibiting "gender-affirming" surgical procedures.

The US Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory, a center for nuclear research, announced on Wednesday that it had experienced a "massive data breach" on Sunday night. SiegedSec, a group of "gay furry hackers," has taken ownership of the incident.

The data thieves published employee addresses, Social Security numbers, bank account details, and other private information online, local media reported.

A lab representative informed the publication Endgadget on Wednesday that the intrusion occurred "in a federally approved vendor system" that "supports INL cloud Human Resources services," and the lab took "immediate action to protect employee data."

INL is situated in Idaho Falls, a town in the eastern region of the state with over 67,000 population. It works on nuclear reactor research and sustain...

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