MisuseManufacturingManufacturingPrivilege AbuseEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)PIILowContained

TESLA, INC.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

May 10, 2023

Filed

Aug 18, 2023

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for TESLA, INC. →

Tesla notified Vermont consumers of a data incident where two former employees misappropriated confidential employee records (names, contact info) and shared them with a media outlet. Tesla filed lawsuits, seized devices, and obtained court orders. Affected individuals were offered Experian IdentityWorks. No evidence of misuse causing harm was found.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday14 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 100 days

May 10, 2023

Discovered

Aug 18, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_83264905b625144a2023-08-18Verified
Indiana State AGbd_c9a6de96f0300d042023-08-18Verified
California State AGbd_ed2efb8a0356c5392023-08-18Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_5f8bd6479180eb972023-08-24 · +6dVerified

Name: TESLA, INC.
norm: tesla

Name: TESLA, INC.
norm: tesla
Industry: Manufacturingllm

Discovered: May 10, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 18, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Attack vector: Insider
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Internal
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Filed lawsuits against the two former employees
Seizure of the former employees’ electronic devices
Obtained court orders that prohibit the former employees from further use, access, or dissemination of the data
Cooperated with law enforcement and external forensics experts
Changes made: Implement appropriate measures
Ensure employees are trained on responsible data handling practices
Offering a complimentary membership of Experian’s IdentityWorks
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(100 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Maine State AGAug 18 · first

Indiana State AGAug 18 · first

California State AGAug 18 · first

Vermont State AGAug 18 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Aug 18 (ME), last Aug 24 (MA) — a 6-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://ago.vermont.gov/document/2023-08-18-tesla-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 18, 2023
Raw hash: 2b8a4d1267a7b7253da9a74861442b1e52df65f81c2462cafd5a6b444d58da52

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTESLA, INC.

Victim entityTESLA, INC.

Incidentdiscovered May 10, 2023

Stated responseFiled lawsuits against the two former employees

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov