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Russian tourist offered employee $1 million to cripple Tesla with malware:
Tesla's Nevada Gigafactory was the target of a concerted plot to cripple the company's network with malware, CEO Elon Musk confirmed on Thursday afternoon.
The plan's outline was divulged on Tuesday in a criminal complaint that accused a Russian man of offering $1 million to the employee of a Nevada company, identified only as "Company A," in exchange for the employee infecting the company's network. The employee reported the offer to Tesla and later worked with the FBI in a sting that involved him covertly recording face-to-face meetings discussing the proposal.
"The purpose of the conspiracy was to recruit an employee of a company to surreptitiously transmit malware provided by the coconspirators into the company's computer system, exfiltrate data from the company's network, and threaten to disclose the data online unless the company paid the coconspirators' ransom demand," prosecutors wrote in the complaint.
Was the Russian working for Ivan Vanko?
(Score: 3, Insightful) by PinkyGigglebrain on Sunday August 30 2020, @12:24AM
OK, so the first and only employee that was approached by foreign interests to do this was so noble and honest that they reported it immediately and there is nothing further to worry about.
Yeah, right. And Bill Gates is going to donate all his money to UNICEF and move to a small cabin deep in the Yukon to become a hermit.
I do hope Tesla is doing a VERY through code review/audit of their networks and firmware because you can bet that this wasn't the only attempt to get into Tesla's code.
"Beware those who would deny you Knowledge, For in their hearts they dream themselves your Master."