A group of self-proclaimed “gay furry hackers” claimed responsibility for breaching a U.S. nuclear lab “working on next-generation nuclear power plants‚ light water reactors‚ and robotics‚” Zero Hedge reports. “meow meow‚ the sexy hackers at SiegedSec just breached the INL (Idaho National Laboratory) divulging thousands of data points such as – full name‚ date of birth‚ email address‚ phone number‚ social security number‚ address‚ employment info and more‚” SiegedSec posted onto X. The group posted a link to its Telegram‚ writing “we also sent out an announcement to all users of their OTBI platform showing our access! we’re willing to make a deal with INL. if they research creating irl catgirls we will take down this post.” meow meow‚ the sexy hackers at SiegedSec just breached the INL (Idaho National Laboratory) divulging thousands of data points such as – full name‚date of birth‚email address‚phone number‚social security number‚address‚employment info and more :3 https://t.co/B2quaNFxgF — SiegedSec (@SiegedSecurity) November 20‚ 2023 SiegedSec has pwned Idaho National Laboratory (https://t.co/XUS48DYILJ)‚ and leaked hundreds of thousands of user‚employee‚citizen data~ meow meow enjoy this leak! more info: https://t.co/ONgFW9gQfy pic.twitter.com/Tked8Or7U2 — vio~ (@cybercrimecat) November 20‚ 2023 Idaho National Laboratory (INL) spokesperson Lori McNamara told EastIdahoNews “the breach is being investigated and federal law enforcement are involved.” From EastIdahoNews: “Earlier this morning‚ Idaho National Laboratory determined that it was the target of a cybersecurity data breach‚ affecting the servers supporting its Oracle HCM system‚ which supports its Human Resources applications. INL has taken immediate action to protect employee data‚” says McNamara. “INL has been in touch with federal law enforcement agencies‚ including the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security’s Cyber Security and Infrastructure Security Agency to investigate the extent of data impacted in this incident.” According to INL‚ more information will be shared as the situation progresses. EastIdahoNews.com was able to download and view the hacked information. We have been able to confirm the authenticity of the leaked information from several employees. The information impacts thousands of local workers. According to Zero Hedge‚ this isn’t the first time SiegedSec made a successful data breach. From Zero Hedge: SiegedSec also hacked NATO last month‚ leaking a cache of documents online. The group said the attack had “nothing to do with the war between Russia and Ukraine” and said it was “a retaliation against the countries of NATO for their attacks on human rights.” It remains unclear what motivated the gay furry hackers to attack INL. Thousands of NATO files were stolen in a data breach by 'gay furry hackers': pic.twitter.com/n0WFMTo8DY — Niche Gamer (@nichegamer) October 6‚ 2023 The Register reported last month: NATO is “actively addressing” multiple IT security incidents after a hacktivist group claimed it once again breached some of the military alliance’s websites‚ this time stealing what’s claimed to be more than 3‚000 files and 9GB of data. When asked about this alleged intrusion‚ a NATO official declined to answer specific questions and told The Register: NATO is facing persistent cyber threats and takes cyber security seriously. NATO cyber experts are actively addressing incidents affecting some unclassified NATO websites. Additional cyber security measures have been put in place. There has been no impact on NATO missions‚ operations and military deployments. On Sunday‚ the SiegedSec crew claimed it broke into six NATO web portals: the alliance’s Joint Advanced Distributed Learning e-learning website; the NATO Lessons Learned Portal‚ from which the gang said it stole 331 documents; the Logistics Network Portal (588 documents and other files); the Communities of Interest Cooperation Portal; the NATO Investment Division Portal (207 documents); and the NATO Standardization Office (2‚116 documents). The hacktivists‚ which describe themselves as made up of “gay furry hackers‚” usually target government orgs whose policies they disagrees with‚ and have a flare for political publicity stunts‚ also posted a link to the purported stolen files on their Telegram channel.