FBI Reportedly Raids Gay 'Furry' Hacktivists after Project 2025 Architect's Violent Threats

SiegedSec, a now-disbanded collective of gay hacktivists and self-described "furries," have been raided by the FBI months after Heritage Foundation leader Mike Howell hurled disturbing, violent threats of bodily harm at the group, vowing that their leader would be "pounded in the ass" in prison.

As previously reported, the group claimed to have breached the servers of The Heritage Foundation – the right-wing think tank behind Project 2025, the 900+ page document that serves as a blueprint for Donald Trump's second presidency.

Many of the plans outline in Project 2025 target the civil rights of women, queer Americans, minorities, and non-Christians.

Mike Howell, who served as an official in Trump's first presidency and is currently the executive director of The Heritage Foundation's Heritage Oversight Project, flew into a rage after SiegedSec made the claim and, in a message to a SiegedSec leader named vio, declared that vio would be imprisoned and brutally raped.

At the same time, The Heritage Foundation denied that the hackers had breached their servers, claiming that the group had only accessed an old archive maintained by a third party.

Either way, if claims made at social media are to be believed, vio has been arrested in an FBI raid, despite the hacktivist group having reportedly disbanded. According to Pink News a March 26 tweet sent out by purported onetime SiegedSec member, Mewmrrpmeow, advised, "vio's location was raided earlier today. She is no longer accessible, contactable, or reliable."

In followup posts, Mewmrrpmeow added, "I feel it necessary to share this update because there appears to be a lack of official information being released about the situation. I want to clarify that I'm only sharing what I know in the interest of transparency."

Added Mewmeepmeow, "To be absolutely clear, I have no intention of committing any crime or engaging in illegal activity. I'm simply providing information as I understand it during this uncertain time."

The hacktivist tweeted another followup, detailing, "I want to let everyone know that I'm safe and away from any trouble at the moment.

"The situation has been difficult as I am losing the person I loved the most."

As previously reported, vio had stated that the group's supposed hacking of The Heritage Foundation was carried out with an aim to "transparency to the public regarding who exactly is supporting" the right-wing think tank that created Project 2025.

Details are scarce, and there seems to be no official verification of a raid or an arrest. However, "Multiple people, including maia a. crimew, a fellow hacker who once leaked the no-fly list, and independent reporter ryan fae, confirmed that the @mewmrrpmeow account belonged to a SiegedSec member who was close to vio," them reported.

The lack of transparency is not unusual for current government operations. ICE agents, perhaps working with other agencies, have reportedly snatched immigrants both legal and undocumented from American streets, with operatives wearing plainclothes and masks, refusing to identify themselves, and whisking apprehended individuals away in unmarked vehicles.

One such individual – "disappeared," in the words of his lawyer – was openly gay hairdresser and asylum seeker Andry José Hernández Romero, who was accused of being a gang member based on his tattoos – markings that are reportedly associated not with the dreaded Tren de Aragua gang, but rather his Christian faith.

In another case, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, originally from El Salvador but living in the United States legally with his wife and two children, was snatched by government agents in an operation that the government admits was "mistaken," though the government also denies that it is capable of returning him to his family at this point.

Both men were sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador, where people being rounded up in such operations have been deported with no due process and, in cases like those of Hernández Romero and Garcia, no real evidence.

"SiegedSec, a collective of self-proclaimed gay furry hackers, first emerged in early 2022 as a 'hacktivist' group aiming to target anti-LGBTQ+ organizations," Pink News detailed, before noting that the group has "targeted NATO and Israeli companies, in opposition to the war in Gaza."

At his X account, Howell describes himself as a "Top Deportation Scientist" and "Official Pardon/Autopen Inspector."