{"id":1958417,"date":"2023-06-27T16:29:03","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T20:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/left-wing-hackers-strike-texas-city-in-revenge-over-trans-laws\/"},"modified":"2023-06-27T16:31:55","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T20:31:55","slug":"left-wing-hackers-strike-texas-city-in-revenge-over-trans-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/left-wing-hackers-strike-texas-city-in-revenge-over-trans-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Left-wing hackers retaliate against Texas city for transgender laws."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fleft-wing-hackers-strike-texas-city-in-revenge-over-trans-laws%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1958417&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<h2>The City of Fort Worth, Texas Targeted by Hackers<\/h2>\n<p><span>The city of Fort Worth, Texas, recently fell victim to a cyber attack believed to be in retaliation against the state&#8217;s stance on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sotu-joe-biden-touts-child-transgender-treatments\/\" title=\"SOTU: Joe Biden Touts Child Transgender Treatments\">sex-change treatments<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Hackers Gain Unauthorized Access<\/h3>\n<p><span>City officials have revealed that a group of hackers managed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-iranians-charged-for-cyberattacks-meant-to-influence-2020-election\/\" title=\"Two Iranians Charged for Cyberattacks Meant To Influence 2020 Election\">gain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mich-lawsuit-shows-evidence-of-election-fraud-electronic-vote-tampering\/\" title=\"Mich. lawsuit shows evidence of election fraud, electronic vote tampering\">unauthorized access<\/a><\/a> to an internal information system used by workers to manage maintenance activities. The hackers then proceeded to post stolen data from the site on Telegram and Twitter, accompanied by a message criticizing Texas for its policies on transgender treatments.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We have decided to make a message toward the U.S. Government,&#8221; the hackers stated. &#8220;Texas happens to be one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/left-wing-hackers-strike-texas-city-in-revenge-over-trans-laws\/\" title=\"Left-wing hackers retaliate against Texas city for transgender laws.\">largest states banning gender-affirming care<\/a>, and for that, we have made Texas a target.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The attack came shortly after Texas implemented a ban on sex-change treatments for minors. State representative Tom Oliverson (R.), a supporter of the bill, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomOliverson\/status\/1665004226097958913?s=20\">expressed<\/a> his approval, stating that children in Texas are now protected from potentially harmful medical and surgical treatments for gender dysphoria. Governor Greg Abbott (R.) signed the legislation into law on June 2.<\/p>\n<p><span>Fort Worth <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/news\/city-of-fort-worth-hacked\">confirmed<\/a> that the hackers obtained information from the city&#8217;s computer systems, but assured that it did not come from the city&#8217;s public-facing internet website.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Minimal Impact on Sensitive Information<\/h3>\n<p><span>The city&#8217;s chief technology officer stated that the compromised data originated from a website used by workers to manage maintenance activities. There is no evidence of unauthorized access to other systems or any compromise of sensitive information.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Hacker Group Suspected<\/h3>\n<p><span>Fort Worth believes that the hacker group SeigeSec is responsible for the attack. Last year, the group <a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/the-byte\/hackers-anti-abortion-states\">announced<\/a> a campaign to target pro-life government bodies and organizations with cyber attacks following the Supreme Court&#8217;s decision to overturn <em>Roe<\/em> v. <em>Wade<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>with messages criticizing the state&#8217;s position on sex-change treatments. Fort Worth authorities confirmed the cyberattack, emphasizing their commitment to resolving the breach and protecting sensitive information. The incident highlights the growing trend of cyber retaliation as a means of expressing dissent and influencing public opinion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2060,"featured_media":1958418,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1958417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1958417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2060"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1958417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1958417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1958418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1958417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1958417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1958417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}