Hacking group announces Musk is next target
Original title: "Hacking group claims Musk's encrypted currency tweets"ruined life", Anonymous says its target is Tesla CEO
Written by: Eagle Hitomi
A video on Youtube claiming to be from the hacker group Anonymous targeted Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, and selected his tweets to disrupt the cryptocurrency market."destroyed"The lives of those hard-working people whose dreams were liquidated because of your public temper.
Given the nature and name of this decentralized hacker group, it is impossible to be 100% sure that this video was created by members of Anonymous. But the video still bears all the hallmarks of past videos and is believed to have been created by members of the group.
Wearing the group's signature Guy Fawkes mask and using a voice changer, the narrator in the video accuses Musk of being little more than a Bond villain, a man with a carefully cultivated visionary image, a disguise ,"He's just another narcissistic rich guy desperate for attention"。
After taking issue with Musk's environmental and labor records, the video took aim at Musk's recent forays into cryptocurrencies, saying he turned his back on bitcoin because he feared Tesla would lose government subsidies.
"Now that it is generally accepted that you have been forced to denounce your company's ties to Bitcoin in order to keep government money flowing into Tesla's coffers,"
The hacker group further called Musk's recent move to create the Bitcoin Miners Council an attempt to control the industry.
The video points to some of the harshest comments on Musk's recent tweets, which he says have "helped" erase billions of dollars in value from the cryptocurrency market, saying"Millions of retail investors are really counting on their crypto earnings to improve their lives… While hard working people are being liquidated for your public temper, you continue to taunt them with memos from one of your million dollar mansions.
"As of press time, the video, which had 1.9 million views, ended with the group's signature variant."You might think you're the smartest guy in the room, but now you've met your match. We are Anonymous! We are Legion! Expect us.
"While many people posted copies of the video to Musk's Twitter feed, the Tesla CEO has yet to respond directly. Musk did, however, post a tweet Saturday afternoon that could be read as a response. In the tweet, Musk simply said:"Don't kill what you hate. save your loved ones". In addition, Musk's personal photo was changed to a completely filled black circle, which may refer to the color most associated with Anonymous.
But then again, given Musk's cryptic history on Twitter, maybe not
Below is the transcript of the video.
"Say hello to the world, Anonymous' message to Elon Musk.
Over the past few years, you've enjoyed one of the most favorable reputations among the billionaire class for tapping into the aspirations many of us have for living in a world with electric cars and space exploration, but lately your carefully crafted public persona Being exposed and people starting to think you're just another narcissistic rich guy desperate for attention.
It seems like your quest to save the world stems more from a sense of superiority and a savior complex than an actual concern for humanity. This is evident to your employees, who have faced excruciating conditions under your command for many years.
It is also obvious to young children working in your overseas lithium mines that are also destroying the local environment. You have been openly professing your willingness to stage a coup in order to install dictators wherever your toxic products are mined. You even prematurely named yourself"emperor of mars"
Your fans ignore these issues as they focus on the potential good your project can bring to the world, but you're not "the only show in town" and your competition grows by the day.
There are plenty of other companies working on space exploration and electric cars, and you're the only CEO who's gained admirers by shitting on social media and mocking the world. In fact, what many people don't understand is that the vast majority of Tesla's revenue comes not from selling cars, but from government subsidies -- selling carbon tax credits for your clean energy innovations.
But it's not technically your innovation, because you're not actually the founder of Tesla. You just bought the company from two guys who were much smarter than you -- Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning.
Tesla has also made more money holding Bitcoin for a few months than they have made selling cars over the years.
It is also more likely that these bitcoins were purchased with these government subsidized money.
It's now generally accepted that you've been forced to condemn your company's ties to Bitcoin in order to keep government money flowing into Tesla's coffers.
The energy usage debate about proof of work mining is a very nuanced conversation that requires a fairly complex understanding of how the grid works and how excess energy is wasted by power companies and sought out by cryptocurrency miners.
The conversation above is yours this year, but your primary source is now threatened by playing ignorance and trying to play a big role in both
Your move to create the Bitcoin Miners Council was then rightly seen as an attempt to centralize the industry and bring it under your control.
Reading the comments on your twitter thread, it seems like the game you play in the cryptocurrency market has destroyed lives.
Millions of retail investors are really counting on their cryptocurrency earnings to improve their lives. It's something you'll never understand because you were born on the emerald money of apartheid South Africa and have no idea what the struggles of most working people in the world look like.
Of course they invest at their own risk and everyone knows to brace for volatility in cryptocurrencies, but your tweets this week show a clear disregard for ordinary workers.
When hard working people liquidate their dreams because of your public temper, you continue to taunt them with memos from your million dollar mansion.
You might think you're the smartest guy in the room, but now you've met your match.
We are Anonymous! We are Legion! Expect us."
