Anarchist Collective Escalates Targeted Harassment of UM–Los Alamos Data Center Staff Through Themed “Ghost” Home Visits
Executive Summary
Anarchist activists posting on the Unsalted Counter Info website claimed responsibility for coordinated early-morning visits to the private homes of four University of Michigan–affiliated personnel working on the UM–Los Alamos data center project. Using a “Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future” theme, the group delivered verbal warnings and left messages on doorsteps and with neighbors, demanding the employees abandon the project and “leave Ypsilanti, Michigan.” This action continues a months-long pattern of doxxing, intimidation, and “home demonstration” tactics by the same extremist media outlet, which previously published residential addresses of project staff to facilitate in-person targeting.
Analysis
The latest communiqué reflects a sustained campaign by local anarchist actors to personalize opposition to the UM–Los Alamos data center, using doxxing and doorstep confrontations designed to pressure employees into withdrawing from the project. Although framed theatrically as “ghost visits,” the tactic conforms to standard anarchist harassment methods meant to escalate psychological stress on individuals and families.
The post describes pre-dawn visits to the residences of four named employees between 6:00 and 8:00 a.m., where activists delivered warnings alleging harm to local water resources and linking the project to nuclear weapons development. Messages were also intentionally left with neighbors to broaden reputational pressure.
The communiqué’s language—“Quit your jobs,” “Get OUT of Michigan,” “gross weapons research,” and “AI data center that will support it”—tracks with earlier Unsalted Counter Info posts that frame the project as part of the “war industry,” signaling an ideological motive beyond environmental activism.
This action builds directly on prior Unsalted Counter Info releases that published home addresses of UM and SPARK employees and celebrated nighttime “home demos” involving noisemakers, chants, and group presence at private residences. Those posts demonstrated the same doxxing-enabled tactic and served to normalize and encourage additional in-person targeting.
The broader context suggests the “Ghosts” incident is not an isolated stunt but part of an organized local direct-action network using the noblogs platform to publicize intimidation activities. Unsalted Counter Info has previously amplified claims of sabotage and destruction of surveillance equipment, consistent with the wider anarchist media ecosystem that uses anonymous portals to host operational communiqués and personal data of targets. These repeated home-direct actions raise the risk of confrontations, mistaken-identity incidents, or follow-on harassment by unaffiliated sympathizers who gain access to the posted information.
