Anti-Oligarchy Activists Plan to Dox Elon Musk and Other Billionaires

The Capytistas, a secretive international activist network, plans to publish personal information about wealthy figures as part of a campaign against concentrated money and political influence. Its first release targets Elon Musk, his brother Kimbal, Tesla’s board and executives, and people and companies connected to Tesla. The group says later releases will include more than 150 home addresses and thousands of records concerning people whose combined wealth is about $1.4 trillion. It claims to have raised over $1.2 million and says its researchers use public records, property ownership structures, court filings, commercial location data, and, less often, surveillance or infiltration. A Musk dossier reviewed by WIRED reportedly contains 32 addresses associated with Musk and Tesla leaders; suppliers and investors are listed by business locations rather than homes.

The activists argue that billionaires use their power to shape government while their businesses gather ordinary people’s personal data, and that exposing the wealthy can rebalance that asymmetry. They hope public scrutiny will prompt protests and pressure targets to retreat from politics, presenting the tactic as a way to avert worse violence. The plan also raises obvious safety concerns: attacks on Tesla facilities and vehicles followed Musk’s political role, and a recent attack targeted OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman’s home. The group says Musk is a deliberately recognizable first target, chosen to draw attention toward other wealthy interests it associates with surveillance, war, and imprisonment.