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Jackie Singh (Active) Profile picture
@HackingButLegal
Jul 10, 2024 • 18 tweets • 6 min read • Read on X
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I am reviewing this alleged hack of The Heritage Foundation.

I have identified very embarrassing data within this dataset. Why so many Chinese IP addresses? 🤔
The zipped file contains one single file:

"daily-signal_dev_database_new.sql"

This appears to be a combined set of exports from a SQL database. Here are the first lines Image
Because this is a combined export (likely from the command line) of various tables, the file is not readable by a typical SQL editor, and needs to be split into pieces to make it so.

I'd rather just turn it into CSV chunks to start cleaning up the dataset for further analysis
There are 215,000 lines or so in the WordPress Comments table. As you can see, comment_author_IP is available, which is broadly useful to get a sense of where people posting replies to the Heritage blog are coming from in the world.

Earliest date: 2008-01-04. Newest: 2022-11-09 Image
After creating a CSV chunk with only the WP comments table, now I can view columns and extract their content as needed. After extracting IP addresses from the author column, I can eliminate duplicates and work on analyzing their presumed geo origin, which is of interest to me Image
Dataset was a little dirty and a hassle to clean up.

Here are the 60K extracted IPs from the WP Comments table:

#HeritageFoundation defuse.ca/b/PTrmvlbs
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Sample geolocations from the first 100 IPs (these are sorted 'low to high', and many Asia-based netblocks start with the number 1) Image
Spies in the dataset

Here are the 69.5K email addresses present within the complete dataset:



🤔 235 .mil and .gov email addresses
🤔 95 .ru and .cn email addresses

#HeritageFoundationdefuse.ca/b/mLXCi0iXsGFj…
Linked below is a statistical breakdown of the domain names associated with all email addresses in the dataset.

Stacking and counting are basic analytical tools which can help analysts identify outliers.

defuse.ca/b/GMCj2uAfvELn…
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I have a script running to grab geolocation information and will tweet when it finishes.

Those working at big companies with access to certain commercial tools can do this more quickly than I can.
Because the original host took the file down, you can now find it here:

This is a 368 MB .zip file which uncompresses to a single 1.94 GB flat file.

SHA256: 3dcc258331d9139a654402d20b756b57ca17228aa9e2f80a4b6451b96c8eac70tan-medieval-hornet-252.mypinata.cloud/ipfs/QmVwiYsr4…
The hacker group claiming responsibility for this action has released new information on their Telegram channel. Image
Here is the list of Administrators.

defuse.ca/b/ely6s7iwqpLF…
BREAKING: SiegedSec claims to have officially disbanded.

#HeritageFoundation
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Updated download link
@CloudsEdgeArt1 I am the first person covering this.
@loudmog cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/QmVwiYsr4…

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Jan 22
Some stories wound me in the writing. The toll is a stress that burrows deep during research. When the weight grows unbearable, when it overwhelms, I step back, breathe, think. But I will not be ruled by fear. My allegiance is to democracy, and the stakes could not be higher.
The cunning of fear is that it needs no chains. It merely suggests that tomorrow is soon enough, that someone else will speak, and that the risk outweighs the duty. Fear stops the hand before it writes, and closes the throat before it speaks.
Fear is a thief of motion. It wins not by persuasion, but by paralysis. It whispers in our ear that stillness is safety, that silence protects. It makes cowards feel wise, inaction feel reasonable, retreat feel like strategy. So nothing moves. The moment passes, and passes again.
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Note the date and time. lavanguardia.com/politica/20260…
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Do your own math. I've ridden on high speed Spanish trains. They are incredibly efficient and well run systems.

A pride of their nation.
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Jan 9
1/ People who believe Nicole Good was "in the wrong" for trying to drive away from a federal officer are telling us something important about themselves: they value compliance over justice.

That mindset isn’t just misguided. It’s fundamentally un-American. I can explain. 🧵👇
2/ America’s founding story wasn’t about obeying the rules, it was about challenging unjust ones. The Boston Tea Party and civil rights marches are examples of acts of defiance against oppressive power structures.

Justice has always preceded legality in our moral code.
3/ When you prioritize "following the rules" at all costs, you’re effectively saying power defines what’s right. But history shows the opposite: power often needs to be confronted to make things right.

Compliance without conscience is cowardice.
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Jan 7
Look, man. I was deployed to Iraq 2003-2004. Our unit leadership would provide us highly specific instructions on the Rules of Engagement for any given mission. If we were stepping outside the wire, there was a standing RoE, and we were briefed pre-mission. We knew to obey it.
My point is this: Yes, if you add a bunch of less-trained people to the force, there will be mistakes.

I believe this to be a convenient excuse which obscures reality which fails to account for the sheer number of violent incidents we are observing on American streets.
As an 18 year old brand new, freshly-minted Private, my unit could still trust me; and I could pretty much trust everyone in my unit not to violate the RoE. We had a notion of the consequences, and bloodthirst was not encouraged.

I served in the 4th Infantry Division.
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Dec 24, 2025
FACT: Sanctions are the most important method of global financial moderation to help keep us safe from the world's worst terrorists.

This key defensive tool is now converted to a weapon of state repression and censorship by Trump admin under false guise of defending free speech.
We're not just talking the regular ol' domestic state repression, either.

The sanctions list has just become a global cleaver to financially terminate Trump's political enemies who are not U.S. citizens nor residents. He seeks to antagonize his targets and send a public message.
The clear message being broadcasted is that opposing Trump or engaging in advocacy which runs counter to the ideology this administration is installing in the U.S. is likely to result in significant consequences.

The admin repeats this message of fear via every channel, daily.
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Dec 15, 2025
🧵 Authoritarians follow a predictable playbook, and you can often spot it before it is too late. THREAD of core behaviors of dictators who want to hold power at any cost
1. Aggressively centralize power.

They weaken parliaments, courts, and watchdogs, often by using "emergencies" or legal tweaks to concentrate authority in the executive while claiming to respect the rule of law.

nytimes.com/2025/03/20/us/…
2. Rig the game instead of canceling it.

Elections keep their veneer of legitimacy, but rules, districts, oversight bodies, and term limits are quietly manipulated to make losing nearly impossible.

aclu.org/news/voting-ri…
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