Nuclear research hub, the Idaho National Laboratory (INL), confirmed that it fell victim to a data breach on Tuesday.
The nuclear research hub Idaho National Laboratory (INL) confirmed that it fell victim to a data breach on Tuesday. SiegedSec, a group of self-proclaimed "gay furry hackers," took responsibility for the attack and claimed they accessed sensitive employee data like social security numbers, home addresses and more.
"We're willing to make a deal with INL. If they research creating irl catgirls we will take down this post," SiegedSec wrote in a post announcing the leak on Monday.
The hacktivist group SiegedSec conducted a high profile attack on NATO last month, leaking internal documents as a retaliation against those countries for their attacks on human rights. The group commonly attacks government and affiliated organizations for political reasons, like targeting state governments for passing anti-trans legislation earlier this year.
A spokesperson confirmed the breach to Engadget on Wednesday. "On Monday, Nov. 20, Idaho National Laboratory determined that it was the target of a cybersecurity data breach in a federally approved vendor system outside the lab that supports INL cloud Human Resources services. INL has taken immediate action to protect employee data," an INL spokesperson said. The lab said it has reached out to authorities for help on how to proceed as it determines how to handle the breach.
INL works as a Department of Energy affiliate researching nuclear reactors, among other projects like sustainable energy. It employs more than 5,000 people.
I’m really curious what their intentions were, they’re labeled as a hacktivist group but what’s the cause?
This looks like it was an HR breach based off the data itself, so really just extortion with dox info. Would’ve thought they were going for research data or something but who knows?
Maybe they’re making a case for shoring up defenses on critical research and infrastructure places? No idea :/
Only just learned that apparently furries are against what you’d think they’d be for when I received a weeks ban and had to actually go into the post and read about how furries aren’t gross people generally speaking. TIL ig
Yeah my views were a bit outdated - last I had heard about it from the few gay/lesbian people I knew and they had the same thoughts I did originally. Things changed and I just wasn’t ever informed enough to be updated.
Live and learn, I gotta wait because the account is banned but I’ll figure out a way to apologize when it’s lifted.