Underground group plans billionaire doxing campaign

An activist group called Capytistas says it will begin publishing home addresses of Elon Musk, his brother Kimbal, and Tesla board members this month as part of a campaign against American oligarchy.

Group spent a year building billionaire dossiers

Two anonymous members told WIRED they spent the past year constructing dossiers on billionaires and one trillionaire using methods available to private investigators, some of which are not.

International group includes journalists and artists

Capytistas is international and includes grassroots activists, researchers, journalists, and artists, some with top honors in print, television, and digital media. Members work in silos and do not know each other's names.

Group raised over one point two million dollars

Through its connections, Capytistas says it has raised more than one point two million dollars from wealthy class traitors who share the view that extreme wealth and political power pose an existential threat.

Release will include over one hundred fifty addresses

In coming releases, the group says it intends to publish more than one hundred fifty home addresses, most previously unreported, plus more than three thousand five hundred records on people with combined wealth of about…

Name references Zapatistas and capybara meme

Capytistas is a play on Zapatistas, the Indigenous insurgents of southern Mexico. The capybara became the group's avatar during early days of Musk's Department of Government Efficiency as a secret rival to the Shiba Inu…

Biden warned of oligarchy in January twenty twenty-five

President Joe Biden used his farewell address in January twenty twenty-five to warn that an oligarchy is taking shape in America. Elon Musk typifies the extreme wealth, power, and influence Biden described.

“oligarchy is taking shape in America”

Musk threw over seven hundred million into elections

Musk held an unpaid job as a special government employee for much of twenty twenty-five and has thrown more than seven hundred million dollars into federal elections since twenty twenty-three, equivalent to roughly fifteen million…

Doxing has become a favored political tactic

Doxing has become a favored weapon of political guerrillas and self-appointed state informants. In March twenty twenty-five, an anonymous site called DOGEQuest posted what it claimed were addresses of Tesla owners and DOGE staff.

Musk dossier contains thirty-two home addresses

A copy of the Musk dossier seen by WIRED contains thirty-two home addresses tied to Musk and his executives.Musk is the primary target.Tesla board members and top executives are secondary targets.

Tesla attacks spread across at least nine states

Law enforcement records show attacks on Tesla vehicles and dealerships hit at least nine states within months of Musk's arrival in Washington.

Group says doxing gives billionaires sense of being watched

Capytistas say doxing gives those targeted a sense that someone is watching. They hope some will fold under the weight of attention, while others face protests outside homes and on golf courses in places they…

Group frames doxing as preventing violence

One Capytistas member pointed to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December twenty twenty-four, arguing the group is trying to prevent such bloodshed through radical accountability that might prevent violent outcomes the oligarch…

“While Elon Musk and the other individuals we target will undoubtedly try to frame our work as extreme and stochastic, what we're doing is using radical accountability to build an off-ramp that might prevent the inevitable violent and tragic outcomes the oligarch class has been steering us toward.”