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takyon [soylentnews.org] writes:

Tesla has sued an employee [arstechnica.com] it accuses of illegally transferring company data to outsiders:

According to the civil complaint [documentcloud.org] that was filed in federal court in Nevada, Tesla accused Martin Tripp, who began working in Sparks as a "process technician" in October 2017, of exporting company data:

Tesla has only begun to understand the full scope of Tripp's illegal activity, but he has thus far admitted to writing software that hacked Tesla's manufacturing operating system ("MOS") and to transferring several gigabytes of Tesla data to outside entities. This includes dozens of confidential photographs and a video of Tesla's manufacturing systems.

Beyond the misconduct to which Tripp admitted, he also wrote computer code to periodically export Tesla's data off its network and into the hands of third parties. His hacking software was operating on three separate computer systems of other individuals at Tesla so that the data would be exported even after he left the company and so that those individuals would be falsely implicated as guilty parties.

In a supposed email exchange with CEO Elon Musk [arstechnica.com] after the lawsuit was filed on Wednesday, the employee and Musk traded barbs. The employee claims to be a whistleblower [cnn.com] bringing attention to battery, safety, and waste issues.

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