The Capytistas, a secretive international activist group, plans to publish home addresses and dossiers on billionaires and people it says help them wield political power. It says it has raised more than $1.2 million and intends to disclose over 150 addresses and 3,500 records concerning people with a combined wealth of roughly $1.4 trillion. The first campaign centers on Elon Musk, his brother Kimbal, Tesla’s board and executives, and the company’s investors and suppliers. A Musk dossier contains 32 addresses linked to Musk and senior Tesla figures; corporate offices, factories, or mines are listed for investors and suppliers. The group says its research draws mainly on property records, court filings, corporate structures, and public documents, with occasional surveillance and commercially available location data.
Members describe doxing as a way to challenge the privacy enjoyed by wealthy people whose businesses collect personal information from the public. They hope the disclosures will prompt protests at homes and other private spaces, making targets feel watched and pressuring some to withdraw from politics. Musk is a deliberate first target because he attracts broad public anger, which the group hopes to direct toward other powerful interests. The activists frame their campaign as “radical accountability” and argue it could avert violence by giving people a nonviolent outlet for grievances. Their strategy nonetheless risks exposing people to harassment or physical danger, amid recent attacks on executives’ homes and Tesla properties.
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