[Asia Economy Reporter Eunmo Koo] The international hacker group ‘Anonymous’ has issued a warning to Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, who is shaking up the cryptocurrency market.
According to the UK Daily Mail and others, on the 5th (local time), Anonymous uploaded a video titled ‘Anonymous Message to Musk’ on YouTube. Anonymous pointed out to Musk, “Many lives have been destroyed because of the games you play in the cryptocurrency market,” and “Millions of retail investors rely on the profits they earn from cryptocurrencies to improve their lives.”
They said, “You, born from assets stolen from the emerald mines, a product of apartheid in South Africa, will never truly understand this,” and added, “You probably have no idea why the majority of the world’s working class is struggling.” Musk’s father was an engineer who owned emerald mines in South Africa.
Anonymous stated, “Of course, investors must accept the risks of investment themselves and be prepared for cryptocurrency volatility, which everyone knows,” but criticized, “This week, your (Musk’s) tweets clearly showed disdain for ordinary workers.”
They added, “While workers have liquidated their dreams because of your public tantrums, you mocked them with memes from your multi-million dollar mansion.” The day before, Musk posted on Twitter an image of a conversation between a breaking-up couple along with the hashtag '#Bitcoin', a Bitcoin icon, and a broken heart emoji. Following this, Bitcoin’s price dropped.
Anonymous also claimed that Musk’s support for the Bitcoin Mining Council was to ‘centralize’ the market and bring it under his control. They further asserted that Musk was not the founder of Tesla but took over from engineers Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning.
Anonymous concluded their message by saying, “You may think you are the smartest in this, but this time you have met your match. Stay tuned.” Musk has yet to respond to Anonymous’ message.
Anonymous was founded in 2006 as a group of ‘hacktivists.’ Anonymous members worldwide operate anonymously in various ways, targeting government corruption, internet censorship, religious scandals, hate groups, extremist terrorist forces, and abuse of public authority as their main areas of surveillance and checks.
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