- Author｜Safe Cow
- Release time｜2021-01-27
Recently, Tesla has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Northern California, accusing Alex Khatilov, a system engineer hired by Tesla, of stealing proprietary automation software operated by the entire company.
After Tesla's information security personnel learned that Mr. Khatilov had improperly transferred 2,600 Tesla business automation scripts, Tesla filed a lawsuit. The stolen data allegedly contained many of Tesla's automated processes, and the entire manufacturing process from ordering parts to delivering the vehicle was run on this process.
The most important script that Tesla claims to be stolen includes the "QualityAssurance process", which can run a wide range of business functions without manual labor, including procurement, material planning and processing, and accounts payable.
According to Tesla, the stolen data included Tesla's entire automated service, the service code is the result of 12 years (approximately 200 person-years) of work.
Tesla claimed in the lawsuit that as a senior system engineer at Tesla, Khatilov began to illegally transfer Tesla’s proprietary system automation script to him only three days after being hired on December 28, 2020. In your personal Dropbox account.
Tesla's information security personnel learned of the incident on January 6, 2020, and began investigating the defendant. According to Tesla, during the interview, Mr. Kakhtilov repeatedly claimed that he only downloaded some personal management documents, such as scanned passports and copies of W-4s.
After inquiries, Kahtilov provided Tesla researchers with remote access to view his Dropbox account. Tesla claimed that security personnel found thousands of Tesla’s classified computer scripts in his Dropbox.
Tesla also pointed out: "Kakhtilov later claimed that he somehow'forgot' the thousands of other files he stole. To make matters worse, it became clear that the investigators tried to access his computer remotely. At that time, the defendant hurriedly deleted the Dropbox client and other files in a bold attempt to destroy the evidence."
Although Tesla investigators were able to remotely view Khatilov’s Dropbox account and deleted all remaining Tesla files with the defendant’s cooperation, Tesla said it was still not sure whether and to what extent Khatilov deleted the files before The documents were leaked, and it is uncertain whether there are other copies that could be provided to Tesla competitors for profit.
Tesla accused Khatilov of violating the "Defense of Trade Secrets Act," the "California Uniform Trade Secrets Act," and the "Contract Law" because he failed to comply with the commercial confidentiality agreement signed when he applied for Tesla.
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