Tesla admits: the data breach affected 75,000 people and was caused by an “insider error”

2023-08-21 18:00:00

Muhammad Ayman wrote Monday, August 21, 2023 09:00 PM

A data breach has occurred Tesla Earlier this year, which affected the data of more than 75,000 people due to “internal irregularities,” and the 75,735 affected people are likely to be current or former Tesla employees.

“While we have not identified evidence of misuse of data in a way that could cause harm to you, we nonetheless provide you with this notice to ensure you are aware of what has occurred and the measures we have taken,” the company wrote in a letter to employees, according to engadget.

The memo explained that the breach occurred on May 10, when the German-language newspaper Handelsblatt said it had received 100 gigabytes of data from “multiple leakers” inside Tesla, and the “Tesla Files” reportedly contained 23,000 internal files, containing 2,400 reports of the overclocking problem. and 1,500 cases of vehicle problems, the latter of which included 139 complaints of unintended emergency braking and 383 cases of false stop warnings.

In the letter sent by the company, Tesla provided more information about the hacking incident, confirming the breach date of May 10 and that Handelsblatt had obtained Tesla’s confidential information, while the investigation revealed that two former Tesla employees misappropriated the information in violation of Tesla’s IT security and protection policies. data and share it with the media outlet.

The data also included employee names and contact information including physical addresses, email addresses and mobile phone numbers, Tesla said: “The newspaper stated that it does not intend to publish personal information and, in no event, its improper use is legally prohibited,” and added that several lawsuits It resulted in the confiscation of devices believed to hold the data, and that it had “obtained judicial orders preventing former employees from using, accessing, or publishing the data.”

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