Tesla is now gunning for the responsible people from the company which leaked confidential information about its employees who had access to its database. In a recent report, it was revealed that the data breach last May was done by none other than its previous employees who have been then fired for doing so.
It comes alongside the previous revelation that Tesla EVs were facing significant controversy from the previous data access that got ahold of confidential and sensitive clips from the in-car cameras of various car owners.
Tesla Ex-Employees Responsible for Data Breach Last May
Tesla filed a data breach notice with Maine's attorney general which points fingers to two former employees that were responsible for the said leak, sharing these details to a German media outlet. However, the said German outlet has alerted Tesla regarding what the previous employees did, getting a clear view of who was involved in the data breach.
The good thing is that the German media outlet assured Tesla that it would not publish the data it got ahold of.
"The investigation revealed that two former Tesla employees misappropriated the information in violation of Tesla's IT security and data protection policies and shared it with the media outlet," Steven Elentukh, Tesla's data privacy officer.
As many as 75,735 current employees are affected by this data leak should it have been published, with sensitive information including names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and employment records relayed to the outlet.
Tesla Files Suit Against Ex-Employees Data Breach
According to TechCrunch, Tesla is not letting this die down easily, as the company is looking to litigate those responsible behind this breach last May, apart from removing them from their posts previously.
The insider leak was initially regarded as the "Tesla Files" which contains more than 100 GB of employee data, as well as customer bank information and complaints against the Full Self-Driving (FSD) feature.
Controversial Tesla Data Access on Customers
Earlier this year, a significant issue on Tesla was revealed by the company, and it was because of how it can access video recordings from its Sentry cameras placed all over its body. However, it was not only from outside the cabin but also from the in-car cameras that record video and audio, with ex-employees leaking these details to the world.
It has been a significant concern against Tesla and many have raised it against the company, with the Senate also rounding up Elon Musk for questioning regarding this significant sensitive data access. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Edward J. Markey have both penned a letter to the Tesla CEO regarding this problem, asking for concrete answers from its owner.
Previously hearing this through the news may be one of the EV owners' tech horrors as their sensitive data were accessed by employees and the company, without their consent and awareness. Now, Tesla is also pushing to litigate those that were involved in accessing its database, compromising the company, its employees, and customers.
