Anonymous, the world's most powerful hacker group, has a new target: Elon Musk and his companies

Anonymous is a decentralized international hacker collective characterized by its anonymity, lack of hierarchy, and participation in various protest actions and cyberattacks against governments, corporations, and institutions it considers corrupt or repressive on issues of freedom of expression, transparency, privacy, and social justice.

They are undoubtedly the strongest group in existence, and they do not hesitate to confront the most powerful governments, as they have already done with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and now it seems they have declared war on the richest man in the world, and one of the most powerful and influential people in the world, Elon Musk.

It is no secret that we live in an increasingly digitalized world. This has led to technology companies becoming increasingly important and larger, but at the same time it has caused cyberattacks to be a form of attack that greatly affects companies and governments.

So a threat from the world's most powerful group, which has already demonstrated its strength and ability to inflict cyber damage , is something that even Elon Musk himself should be worried about . That the tycoon has become a target of Anonymous is not a big surprise, since his rise in recent years has generated both admirers and very strong detractors.

This group of hackers points out that Musk has a detrimental impact on society and that the time has come to curb his influence in the key industries where he operates, such as cryptocurrencies, freedom of expression on the Internet (with Twitter) or Artificial Intelligence.

For example, they accuse Musk of manipulating the cryptocurrency market by taking advantage of his privileged position to benefit himself while small investors are ruined, in the same way they criticize his management of the social network X where hate speech and misinformation are now proliferating. Without leaving aside his clear influence on world politics, which they increasingly point out that his controversial and alleged "Nazi salute" was indeed a Nazi salute.

And in the midst of these threats, it seems that Anonymous has already launched the first warning because the DOGE website suffered a cyber attack that left it inoperative for hours . DOGE, which refers to the Department of Government Efficiency, is an agency dedicated to optimizing US public spending that was created by Donald Trump and which Musk has placed at the helm.

Anonymous considers this a dangerous conflict of interest , and although they have not claimed responsibility for the action for now, they could have attacked the site as a warning that they are closely following their steps and that their actions will not go unpunished.