Anti-Oligarchy Activists Plan to Dox Elon Musk and Billionaires

The Capytistas, an international activist network, say they will expose the homes and connections of billionaires as part of a campaign against the concentration of wealth and political power. Their first release is centered on Elon Musk, his brother Kimbal, and Tesla’s board, executives, investors, and suppliers. The group says it has raised more than $1.2 million and plans to publish over 150 home addresses and thousands of records concerning people whose combined wealth is about $1.4 trillion. Its researchers build dossiers from property records, court filings, corporate structures, and other data, with occasional use of physical surveillance, infiltration, and commercial location information. A Musk dossier reviewed by WIRED includes 32 addresses connected to Musk and Tesla executives; suppliers and major investors are listed by business locations instead.

The activists describe doxing as deliberate “radical accountability,” arguing that wealthy people and companies profit from collecting personal information while protecting their own privacy and using money to influence government. They chose Musk as an attention-grabbing first target, hoping public anger at his political role and business empire will focus scrutiny on a broader set of powerful interests. The group wants targets to feel watched and anticipates protests at homes and other private spaces. It presents the campaign as a way to redirect anger away from violence, even as publishing addresses could invite harassment or physical attacks. The strategy follows a wider, increasingly contested use of doxing by political actors, activists, and government agencies, and comes amid attacks on Tesla sites and other threats against technology executives.