SiegedSec, a collective of self-proclaimed “gay furry hackers” that targeted the conservative Heritage Foundation to protest Project 2025, has posted chat logs between one of its hackers and a Heritage executive, Mike Howell. In a conversation over the messaging app Signal, Howell said the Heritage Foundation was “in the process of identifying and outting [sic] members of your group” and working with the FBI.

“Closeted Furries will be presented to the world for the degenerate perverts they are,” Howell told one of SiegedSec’s leaders, who goes by the handle “vio.” “Your means are miniscule compared to mine. You now can either turn yourself in or you can cooperate.”

Howell, who confirmed the chat logs were accurate to the Daily Dot, is the executive........

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