Data exposed by the breach was leaked to German media outlet
Handelsblatt, Steven Elentukh, Tesla's data privacy officer,
said in a submission to Maine's attorney general office.
Handelsblatt told the carmaker that it had received confidential
information, which included identifiable information like name,
address, phone number and social security numbers, Tesla said in
the submission dated Aug. 18.
At the time, Tesla identified the employees who leaked the data,
filed lawsuits against them and seized their devices, the
company said.
Companies in the United States are required to report data
breaches over a certain magnitude to authorities and the law
varies from state to state.
This Tesla breach comes after Reuters reported in April that
groups of Tesla employees privately shared via internal
messaging systems customer information, including videos and
images recorded through car cameras.
(Reporting by Zaheer Kachwala in Bengaluru; Editing by Maju
Samuel)
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