Shulou(Shulou.com)11/24 Report--

August 21 news, in May this year, the U. S. electric car manufacturer Tesla data leakage problem. The data leak affected more than 75000 people, including records related to Tesla's employees, the attorney general's office of Maine said in a notice on Friday. The notice said that the incident was caused by "internal wrongdoing".

A total of 75735 people were affected by the data breach, including nine residents of the US state of Maine, according to the notice. These people seem to be current or former employees of Tesla.

Tesla sent a letter to the affected users on August 18. "A media company called Handelsblatt informed Tesla on May 10, 2023 that he had obtained Tesla's confidential information." the investigation showed that two former Tesla employees misappropriated and shared the information with the media in violation of Tesla's information technology security and data protection policies. "

The letter also pointed out that Tesla had filed a lawsuit against the two former employees, but did not specify in which jurisdiction the lawsuit was filed. The lawsuit filed by the company led to the seizure of electronic devices believed to contain information about the company, the letter said.

"Tesla also obtained a court order prohibiting these former employees from further using, accessing or disseminating the data, otherwise they will be criminally punished," the letter wrote. "Tesla cooperates with law enforcement agencies and external experts and will continue to take necessary and appropriate measures."

Steven Ellen Tucker, Tesla's data privacy officer, did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment on Sunday.

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