A hacktivist group called Belorus Cyber Partisans tried to sell a non-fungible token (NFT) containing the passport information of the President of Belarus, Oleksandr Lukashenka.
The Belarusian Cyber Partisans say the move is part of a grassroots fundraising campaign to fight “bloody regimes in Minsk and Moscow.”
The members claim that the information about the passport of every Belarusian citizen is broken, which allows the NFT series “Belarisuan Passports,””Blairisan Passports”, which includes digital passports, which also includes the actual information of Lukashenko’s.
Some observers accuse false digital passport information for the first page and the Republican and “Aleksandr” spell on the first page.
The hackers on Twitter claimed that on August 30, on Lukashenko’s birthday, they tried to sell the NFT collection. 30 via OpenSea Marketplace, however, said the sale was immediately stopped and was now considering other options.
“The dictator has a birthday today — help us ruin it for him! Get our work of art today. A special offer— a New Belarus passport for Lukashenko where he’s behind the bars.”
An OpenSea spokesperson told Gizmodo that the project violate company rules relating to “doxxing and revealing personal identifying information about another person without their consent.”
The Belarusian Cyber Partisans also revealed that they wanted to sell NFTs featuring the passport info of other government officials that are closely connected with Lukashenko.
“We also offer passports of his closest allies and traitors of the people of #Belarus and #Ukraine. All the funds will go to support our work in hitting bloody regimes in #minsk & #moscow,” the group wrote.
Lukashenko, a highly controversial figure, and has ruled Belarus since its founding in 1994. Despite being elected to stamp out corruption, some call him the mastermind behind the crime and corruption reporting scheme, Organize Crime and Corruption Reporting Project as having “rigging elections, torturing critics, and arresting and beating protesters” in the past.
The hacktivists state that they are vehemently opposed to what they feel is a corrupt regime under Lukashenko, who has also irked the group via his support of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
In February, Belarusian cyber parties launched a massive fundraising campaign called the “Resistance Movement of Belarus,” which is aiming to ultimately usurp power from Lukashenko via its own self-defense forces. The campaign is primarily funded by crypto assets such as Bitcoin (BTC)
“We, the free citizens of Belarus, refuse to submit to this state and form self-defence, as a people’s response to the unleashed terror. Our ultimate goal is the elimination of the dictatorial regime,” the group wrote.
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