2024 Insider data leak — 75k+ employees

2024 75.0K records affected

Data compromised

Names, Addresses, Social Security numbers, Employee data, Employment records, Internal documents

Technical writeup

Two former employees leaked ~100GB to Handelsblatt. Names, addresses, SSNs (including Elon Musk), employment records, customer bank details, production secrets, 23k+ internal files, Autopilot complaints.

Root cause

Insider wrongdoing; former employees violated IT policies.

References

https://www.engadget.com/tesla-says-data-breach-that-affected-over-75000-people-was-caused-by-insider-wrongdoing-121756644.html