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Tesla Sues Ex-Worker for Data Theft
A federal lawsuit filed today by Tesla Inc. claims an ex-technician at its battery factory in Nevada stole data about the company’s operations and made false claims about it to news media.
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A federal lawsuit filed today by Tesla Inc. claims an ex-technician at its battery factory in Nevada stole data about the company’s operations and made false claims about it to the news media.
Tesla says Martin Tripp, who it hired last October as a process technician, admits he wrote software to hack into the company’s manufacturing system and extract several gigabytes of data. The materials reportedly include photos, financial information, trade secrets and details about the company’s manufacturing techniques.
The lawsuit asserts that Tripp wrongly claimed to news reporters that Tesla had patched up and used damaged cells in batteries for its new Model 3 electric sedan. The complaint also challenges Tripp’s claim that the company’s battery production system is generating unusually large amounts of scrap material.
The lawsuit says Tesla reassigned Tripp to another job last month after his superiors reported performance problems and said he was disruptive with colleagues, according to The Wall Street Journal. Tripp has since left the company.
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