The Dogequest website provided private data of American Tesla car owners. On the unavailable page there was an interactive map on which you could search, among others, their home addresses. The site was created at a time when the number of attacks and arson of Tesla cars is growing. Elon Musk commented on the creation of a map as “extreme terrorism.”
The American media attention was paid on Monday by the Dogequest page. The already inactive service on the interactive map was provided, among others, by the private data of American Tesla car owners, including their home addresses. A page where Molotov cocktails were placed in the graphic design, was created at a time when in USA A series of attacks on Tesle is underway. According to media reports, private addresses of people associated with the so -called Elon Musk's Department of State Performance and some other administration staff Donald Trump.
Attacks on Tesle
The appearance of the site with information about Tesla owners quickly aroused concerns among many Muska car owners. NBC News reached the group of Tesla owners, whose data was made available to Dogequest. Six of them admitted that at least some of this information was real. We are talking about addresses, names and surnames or phone numbers. There were also people who stated that the data about them is out of date or false.
– Sharing our personal addresses is not something that I think is cool. I think there are much more effective ways of protest than attacking someone's property – says NBC News Scott, the owner of Tesla from San Diego. For security reasons, he does not want to reveal his name. The man points out that he purchased his Tesla before Elon Musk He approached Donald Trump, and now he considers the sale of his car unprofitable. Despite the lack of financial benefits, many Tesla owners decide on this step because of the fears of attacks on this brand's cars.
Destroyed Tesla carChristophe Gateau/PAP
Before the Dogequest was removed, its content was archived by numerous media. These materials show that the site indicated the sale of Tesla as a condition for removing confidential data from it. Although the content of the website indicates that “he does not support or condemn any actions”, Molotov's graphic cocktails used in his robe suggested something else. Tesla owners could also be added to the suggestion there on “releasing their artistic talent” on nearby Tesla with spray paint.
As the screenshots available on the web indicate, the site also encouraged “other creative forms of protest” to the so -called activities State Performance Department (DOGE) under the direction of Elon Musk and Musk himself. Some of the points on the interactive map were marked with the help of the image known from the “Doge” memes, to which the name of the individual refers. These symbols were to be used to indicate the addresses of people associated with Doge.
Elon Musk referred to the case in posted on X. “Encouraging the destruction of Tesla throughout the country is extreme terrorism,” wrote a billionaire on Tuesday. The deputy director of FBI Dan Bongino assured the same day that the office “actively works on incidents (vandalism against) Tesla.” At this moment, the identity of the Dogequest founders remains unknown.
As CNBS reminds, only in recent days there have been reports of swastikas painted on several Teslas in San Diego and a man arrested in connection with the deliberate scratch of Tesla in the city of Fresno. In Las Vegas A group of cars of this brand was set on firein the state of Oregon, two sales salons belonging to it were fired. The value of the company's shares records Record declines. The deteriorating situation of Tesla even provoked Donald Trump. US President he photographed himself in front of the White House with Tesla and announced that he himself will buy such a car. He also said that violence against sellers of Tesla car will recognize as domestic terrorism.
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