There has been an investigation into a data breach that affected the car manufacturer Tesla earlier this year, which has ended up being the result of “insider wrongdoing”, a data breach notification filed by Tesla has revealed.
A notice filed with Maine’s Attorney General’s Office on Friday shed more light on Tesla’s May data breach, revealing that there was a massive theft of employee records and the company blamed “insider wrongdoing.”
The affected individuals were notified by Tesla in a letter dated August 18 that laid out details about the problem. There was a letter from the company saying that the information that was leaked included the names and contact information of both current and former employees. Even though social security numbers were revealed, the letter did not mention them.
In a large data breach that affected employees of more than 75,000 companies, Tesla has claimed that insider wrongdoing was responsible for the breach. It was confirmed by President Elon Musk, the owner of the electric car maker Tesla, that in a data breach notice that was filed with Maine’s attorney general, two former employees had leaked more than 75,000 individuals’ personal information to a foreign media outlet after a thorough investigation had been conducted.