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(Suebsiri\/Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"single-article__content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__content-inner has-drop-cap\"> <html readability=\"26.974560592044\"><body readability=\"54.598765432099\"><\/p>\n<p>A pair of far-right media outlets\u2019 websites were hacked and defaced late Thursday, with subscriber and other internal site data leaked as part of an apparent politically motivated attack.<\/p>\n<p>A message posted temporarily to the front page of the sites, Post Millennial and Human Events, was made to look as though it was written by Post Millennial editor-at-large Andy Ngo. The message, which had the colors of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Transgender_flag\">trans pride flag<\/a> as its backdrop, claimed that Ngo was transitioning to a woman and taking the name Angelina Ngo. The message also included links to download datasets of the Post Millennial\u2019s subscribers, mailing lists and details about the site\u2019s writers and editors.<\/p>\n<p>Ngo, a conservative activist and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/josephbernstein\/andy-ngo-portland-antifa\"> journalist provocateur<\/a>, and the Post Millennial more generally, <a href=\"https:\/\/muckrack.com\/andy-ngo\/articles\">regularly feature<\/a> anti-transgender commentary and analysis.<\/p>\n<p>There has not yet been a public claim of responsibility for the attack, but it is at least the second seemingly politically motivated hack this week. On Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/tag\/siegedsec\/\">SiegedSec<\/a>, a cybercrime group that has carried out politically motivated attacks in the past, claimed an attack on the notorious Westboro Baptist Church. There\u2019s no indication that the two incidents are linked.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Human Events, a conservative news organization launched in 1944, <a href=\"https:\/\/humanevents.com\/2022\/05\/04\/human-events-media-group-acquires-the-post-millennial\/\">acquired<\/a> Post Millennial in May 2022. Both organizations\u2019 websites note that they are designed and maintained by <a href=\"https:\/\/politicalmedia.com\/\">Political Media, Inc<\/a>., a Virginia-based \u201cright of center new media consulting firm\u201d that provides services including content management systems, web design, email services and marketing. <\/p>\n<p>Other clients of Political Media, Inc., and its sister company, Psyclone Media, Inc., include political action committees, congressional candidates and \u201cvarious other political organizations,\u201d according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/psyclonemediainc.com\/#about\">Psyclone Media website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ngo, Post Millennial, Human Events and Political Media, Inc., did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p><\/body> <\/p>\n<footer class=\"single-article__footer\" readability=\"1.2442396313364\">\n<div class=\"author-card\" readability=\"8\">\n<div class=\"author-card__avatar\">\n<figure class=\"author-card__image-wrap\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/far-right-websites-hacked-and-defaced-1.jpg?w=640&ssl=1\" alt=\"AJ Vicens\"> <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><h4 class=\"author-card__name\">Written by AJ Vicens<\/h4>\n<p> AJ covers nation-state threats and cybercrime. 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