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Hackvists release two gigabytes of Heritage Foundation data | A politically-oriented cybercrime group carried out the attack in response to Heritage’s Project 2025.


A politically-oriented cybercrime group carried out the attack in response to Heritage’s Project 2025.

An established cybercrime group with a track record of attacking political targets posted on Tuesday roughly two gigabytes of data from the Heritage Foundation, a prominent conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C. The attack was carried out as part of SiegedSec’s “OpTransRights,” campaign, which has previously included the defacement of government websites and data theft from states either considering or implementing anti-abortion or anti-trans legislation. In April, a Heritage official told Politico that the think tank had shut down its network in response to a breach by a nation-state hacking group.

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