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'they didnt want us posting': Furry hacker collective suspended after teasing breach of right-wing think tank (www.dailydot.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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“SiegedSec account suspended,” vio wrote. “this current account will be used as a backup until a new one is set up :3.”

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You really don’t know the landscape, do you? Gay or furry hackers do, in fact, make up a significant number of security professionals. There are a ton of in-jokes about exactly this. There are several gay, furry hacking groups active at the moment, probably representing a large percentage of active groups outside of nation state APTs.

[+] [email protected] -6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It's an unsubstantiated claim that I'd like evidence for. Bring me a study that used proper methods to gather its data and I'll believe it. Simply saying "in my experience" means next to nothing. What if I spent my time in a group of right wing hackers and that's all I knew? It would be my word against yours.

This is exactly how misinformation spreads: blindy believing what some person tells you online. I'm willing to accept that most hackers are gay furries. I would be elated even. But I'm not going to just go "oh wow, thesmokingman said so, so it must be true".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Bring ME one. You made the claim. You should prove it.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Quote which claim I made.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

this is what left-wing hackers should be doing? Not hacking poor saps downloading torrents

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I’ve already provided you CFAA prosecutions and security professionals, both of which you can go find data on yourself. What more do you want? A third population? You want me to go link you all the data? Do I need to chew your food for you too? Every single time I provide an answer you move the goalposts further and further.

You made the unsubstantiated claim that started this thread and you are continuing to make claims that you yourself have provided no data for. I’m still waiting for you to provide real examples of left-wing hackers focusing on torrents as a vector like your original comment.

You have no idea what you’re talking about and you constantly double down. Have fun with that.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 4 months ago

OK. So you can't provide any data. Noted.