Tesla Is Suing An Employee For Stealing Confidential Information

Big companies are in big trouble. Despite all their efforts, these big companies, which subject the candidates to a very strict process in the recruitment process, in the future, information stealer and he often gets into trouble with employees who leak them. A short time ago, such an event happened to technology giant Apple; It was reported that the company sued two former employees who sold their ‘chip secrets’.

A similar situation is now, Elon Musk’s electric car company at Tesla is happening. According to the information received, Tesla accused an employee of stealing confidential information within the company. case It hurts.

He also lied about his work history and skills.

As Bloomberg reports, Tesla Project Dojo Some of the supercomputer technology “secret and strictly guarded” the engineer he claimed to have stolen the information Alexander YatskovHe’s suing. Accordingly, Tesla ordered Yatskov to download and return the information to his personal devices. by rejecting blames. In addition to this, Tesla also introduced Yatskov. lying about their work history and skills accuses.

Yatskov, who started in January not working for the company as a thermal engineer; Neural network computer that processes large amounts of data, used to train artificial intelligence software in Tesla’s self-driving cars Dojo’s cooling systems He helped design it. According to the complaint, Yatskov also had access to Dojo’s cooling information and some other confidential information about the project. access there was.

All Tesla engineers sign an agreement to prevent information from being stolen and disclosed

In order to prevent all of its engineers from disclosing or stealing confidential information about the Dojo, a non-disclosure agreement Tesla said that Yatskov signed this agreement by removing confidential information of the company from his work devices and accounts, accessing them from his personal devices, and creating documents on his personal computer containing confidential details of Project Dojo. have violated is expressed.

According to the complaint made by the company, Tesla denied these allegations by Yatskov. that you accept is reporting. Tesla, who put Yatskov on administrative leave as of April 6, 2022, later asked Yatskov to bring his devices to recover the stolen information; On the other hand, Yatskov’s allegations against him unreal He records that he gave the company a ‘fake’ laptop in order to make it look like a ‘fake’ laptop.

Accordingly, the fake computer that Yatskov delivered to the company contained nothing about the stolen information and was designed to appear as if only harmless Tesla information was accessed, such as the letter of offer. For this reason, Tesla is now suing Yatskov, who resigned from his position at the company on May 2, as compensation and precedent. Accordingly, the electric car manufacturer giant gave the confidential documents that he stole Yatskov to the company. will force it back seeks a court order.