Hackers Offer to Sell president Lukashenko's passport.

Belarusian guerrilla hackers attempt to list the NFT passport of the Belarusian president to the Opensea market.
The group noted it’s launching the NFTs exactly on Lukashenko’s birthday, Aug. 30.

Hackers have released a collection of Non-Fungible Tokens named “Passports of Belarusians” that is said to contain the passport of the president, his close associates, and those of the traitors of Belarus. They have attempted to sell the passports to NFTs’ largest marketplace, OpenSea. President Lukashenko has been targetted by the hackers

Lukashenko heads an authoritarian government in East Europe and names himself ” The last dictator”. The dictator has been the president for 26 years, the first president of Belarus since the launch of the office. He allegedly rigged the previous election and claimed to have won 80% of the votes.

The Belarusian hackers accessed a government database that contained passports of all Belarus citizens and those of high-ranking officials. The hackers went ahead and chose to target the head of state. The Guerilla hackers have stated that they will sell the passport as an NTF to the Opensea Market. The Opensea market revoked their offer because it is against their terms and also against their ethics.

The Belarusian cyber partisans were thoughtful enough to surprise Lukashenko on his Birthday. The group went ahead and launched the NFTs on 30th August.

Help us ruin it for him. It comes with a special offer too.

The group urged their followers.

They later tweeted that they have placed the passports of Lukashenko’s closest allies up for grabs. The passport of the dictator comes with a photo of him behind bars. Some members of the group tweeted that they will use their funds to support their work in hitting regimes in Minsk & Moscow.

How are the Belarusian hackers using Bitcoin to fight Russia?

The Belarusian cyber partisans have been collecting cryptocurrency funds since last year and managed to collect $84,000 in BTC before Russia launched its military services. The cybercrime group uses Bitcoin as its main funding channel allowing donors to circumvent restrictions imposed by traditional financial systems.

🧵1/3🔥For the 1st time in human history a #hacktivist collective obtained 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 as #NFT https://t.co/gOlWdoUehi pic.twitter.com/RxdWpBqA8f
— Belarusian Cyber-Partisans (@cpartisans) August 30, 2022

The group took responsibility for a cyberattack on the Belarusian railroad system, demanding the withdrawal of Russian troops from the country. The group uses the money to fund its hacking activities.

How legit are the passports?

How authentic are the passports being sold by the crime group? This points to a typo depicted on the first page of the document. There is a misspelling on Lukashenko’s first English name. Is the passport offered by the Belarusian hackers represent Alexander’s real passport?

The elections he won were marred by allegations of vote tampering. For most of his time in power, he was able to crush protests in response, which were often small and confined to Minsk. Alexander has been facing opposition from the East due to his consistent behavior of breaking government regulations.

Lukashenko persuaded the citizens to approve the constitutional amendments to expand his authority as president. Tikhanovskaya, Lushenkos’s opposition ordered him to step down by late October this year. Alexander has deepened his crackdown and ordered the arrest of journalists, human rights activists, and even IT experts. Lushenko is strongly opposed in Belarus where he claims to be “The people’s president”.