Tesla Data Breach Impacting 75,000 Employees Blamed on ‘Insider Wrongdoing’

Tesla Data Breach That Leaked Personal Data Of 75,000 Employees Blamed On Disgruntled Insiders.
Tesla Data Breach Impacting 75,000 Employees Blamed on ‘Insider Wrongdoing’
Model Y cars in the opening ceremony of the new Tesla Gigafactory for electric cars in Gruenheide, Germany, on March 22, 2022. Patrick Pleul/Pool via Reuters
Bryan Jung
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Tesla has started to notify current and former employees after 75,000 confidential files with personal information were included in an insider data breach in May.

The data breach which involved employee-related records at the Austin, Texas-based automaker was a result of “insider wrongdoing,” according to an Aug. 18 notice on the Maine attorney general office’s website.

The leak affected 75,735 Tesla workers in total and involved Social Security numbers, names, and addresses, said the company.

Bryan Jung
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Bryan S. Jung is a native and resident of New York City with a background in politics and the legal industry. He graduated from Binghamton University.
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