Tesla wouldn’t protect enough data Up to 100,000 employees, customers and partners. This was revealed by the German business newspaper Handelsblatt last Friday. electric cars who is driving Elon Musk.
In a series of investigative reports, the newspaper claims to have access to 100 gigabytes of private company data, including employee names, email addresses, phone numbers, salaries. Bank data customers and secrets of Tesla production. Among these 23,000 files leaked by an informant will include the social security number of the company’s CEO, Musk.
Such a leak General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) European Union (EU) could lead to fines of up to a maximum of 3,260 million euros for Tesla if proven. The Brandenburg data protection office, where the company’s gigafactory in Europe operates, has already launched an investigation to clarify an issue they describe as “extremely serious”. “I don’t remember a similar scale,” said Dagmar Hartge, the German ‘länder’ data protection officer.
thousands of complaints
The leaked files also point to numerous complaints from Tesla customers about the programs. driver assistancewith about 4,000 on sudden acceleration of vehicles or so-called phantom braking.
Tesla explained to Handelsblatt that he suspects it is behind it. filtering There was a “disgruntled ex-employee” who “used his access as a service technician to get information”, so he’s considering taking legal action. The German regulator also noted that the “possibility” for data to be accessed internally “is available”.
The IG Metall union is the largest and most influential union in the world. Germany, described the revelations as “disturbing”. The Dutch Data Protection Agency, where Tesla’s European headquarters is located, also reported that the Musk-led company is investigating a possible breach.