A group of hacktivists called the Belarusian Cyber Partisans has attempted to sell a non-fungible token (NFT) with the alleged passport information of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko..
Belarusian cyberpartisans claim that this action is part of a fundraising campaign to fight “the bloody regimes of Minsk and Moscow”.
The members claim to have hacked into a government database that has the passport information of all Belarusian citizens, which has allowed them to launch a collection of NFTs called Belarisuan Passports.which includes a digital passport containing Lukashenko’s real information.
1/3For the 1st time in human history a #hacktivist obtained collective passport info of the ALL country’s citizens. Now we’re offering you an opportunity to become a part of this history. Get a unique digital version of #lukashenka passport ace #NFT https://t.co/gOlWdoUehi pic.twitter.com/RxdWpBqA8f
— Belarusian Cyber-Partisans (@cpartisans) August 30, 2022
1/3For the first time in the history of mankind, a group of hacktivists obtained the passport information of ALL citizens of the country. Now we offer you the opportunity to be part of this history. Get a unique digital version of #lukashenka’s passport as an NFT. https://t.co/gOlWdoUehi pic.twitter.com/RxdWpBqA8f
Some observers have accused the digital passport information of being false, due to a typo on the first page of the word “Republic” and a misspelling of “Aleksandr”.
The hackers said on Twitter that they tried to sell the NFT collection on Lukashenko’s birthday on Tuesday through the OpenSea marketplace. However, they claimed that the sale was closed quickly.and now they are looking for other options:
“The dictator has a birthday today, help us ruin him! Get our artwork today. A special offer: a new Belarusian passport for Lukashenko when he is behind bars.”
An OpenSea spokesperson told Gizmodo thate the project violated company rules regarding “doxxing and disclosing another person’s personally identifiable information without their consent”.
Belarusian cyber partisans also revealed that they are looking to sell NFTs with the passport information of other government officials who are closely related to Lukashenko..
“We also offer passports of your closest allies and traitors to the people of Belarus and Ukraine. All funds will go to support our work of upsetting the bloody regimes in Minsk and Moscow,” the group wrote..
Lukashenko is quite a controversial figure and has been at the head of Belarus since the creation of the nation in 1994. Despite having been elected on the premise of ending corruption, has been described by organizations such as the Organize Crime and Corruption Reporting Project for having “rigged elections, tortured critics, and detained and beaten protesters” in the past.
Hacktivists say they vehemently oppose what they see as a corrupt regime under Lukashenko.which has also angered the group over its support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
In February, Belarusian cyber partisans have launched a fundraising campaign called the “Belarus Resistance Movement”, which aims to usurp Lukashenko’s power through their own self-defense forces. The campaign mainly accepts donations through crypto assets such as bitcoin (BTC).
“We, the free citizens of Belarus, refuse to submit to this state, and form self-defense as the people’s response to unleashed terror. Our ultimate goal is the elimination of the dictatorial regime,” the group wrote..
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