Security News > 2023 > September > Lawsuit claims Tesla corp data security is far less advanced than its cars

An ex-Tesla staffer has filed a proposed class action lawsuit that blames poor access control at the carmaker for a data leak, weeks after Tesla itself sued the alleged leakers, two former employees.

As a result of Defendant's inadequate data security and inadequate or negligent training of its employees, on or around May 10, 2023, a foreign media outlet, Handelsblatt, informed Tesla that it had obtained Tesla confidential information.

The sueball comes weeks after Tesla said in a data breach filing with the state of Maine* that it had itself sued two former employees whom it accused of stealing 75k staffers' records - including, supposedly, Elon Musk's own social security number.

Tesla discovered the breach in May, when notified by German business paper Handelsblatt [paywalled], which gave details on the data it believed was included in the breach.

Tesla is also reportedly under investigation by Euro data protection authorities over the leak.

The complaint claims the car manufacturer took too long to inform affected data leak victims, accusing it, among other things, of negligence, invasion of privacy, breach of implied contract, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of confidence and violation of the California Unfair Competition Law.

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