“Gay Furries” Banned from X After Claiming to Hack Heritage Foundation

metroweekly.com:

Daily Dot, a Sieged Sec member known as “vio” announced that the group’s primary X account had been banned. “SiegedSec account suspended,” vio wrote on their personal X account, which has since been suspended. “this current account will be used as a backup until a new one is set up :3.”X has previously suspended users for posting data related to hacks or security breaches.

In a screenshot shared with the Daily Dot, X stated that a user had reported SiegedSec’s account for violating its “rules against posting private information.”The accounts were banned following a multi-day hacking campaign, in which the group leaked data from Amplify AI, a company that provides AI-driven comment moderation solutions for Facebook and Instagram.

It included basic account information, such as email addresses, for company employees, according to an analysis by the Daily Dot.

A screenshot shared on SiegedSec’s Telegram channel also suggested the group had gained access to an Amplify AI company source code as well as an administrator portal, which allegedly included direct messages from an account run by President Joe Biden’s campaign.SiegedSec also leaked data that it allegedly obtained from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), which the group has targeted in the past.