"Tesla Data Breach: Insider Wrongdoing Affects 75,000 Users"

Tesla's May data breach, which impacted over 75,000 people, including current and former employees, was the result of "insider wrongdoing," according to the office of the Maine Attorney General. The breach involved employee-related records and was discovered after a foreign media outlet informed Tesla that it had obtained confidential information. Two former employees were found to have misappropriated the information in violation of Tesla's IT security and data protection policies and shared it with the media outlet. Tesla has filed lawsuits against the former employees and obtained court orders to prohibit further use or dissemination of the data.