MisuseTechnologyInformationPrivilege AbuseCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)HighContained

TESLA, INC.

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Severity

High

Discovered

May 10, 2023

Filed

Aug 18, 2023

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected · nationwide

75,7359 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for TESLA, INC. →

Tesla, Inc. reported an insider wrongdoing incident on May 10, 2023, affecting 75,735 individuals, including 9 Maine residents. The breach involved the acquisition of Social Security Numbers and personal identifiers. Tesla notified affected individuals in writing on August 18, 2023, and provided 12 months of credit monitoring through Experian.

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Maine clockDiscovered May 10, 2023 → Filed with AG Aug 18, 2023100d ✗ ME AG >90d14 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 100 days

May 10, 2023

Begins

May 10, 2023

Discovered

Aug 18, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

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

Vermont State AGbd_62795c29167134d42023-08-18Verified
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: Technologyllm

Discovered: May 10, 2023
Breach occurred: May 10, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 18, 2023
Affected individuals: 75,735state + nationwide
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Insider
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Internal
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected individuals
Offered 12 months of Experian’s IdentityWorks credit monitoring and identity theft service
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(100 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 100d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: May 10, 2023
→ Filed with AG: Aug 18, 2023
100d 90 days ME AG >90d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: May 10, 2023 → Filed with AG: Aug 18, 2023	100d	90 days	ME AG >90d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Vermont State AGAug 18 · first

Indiana State AGAug 18 · first

California State AGAug 18 · first

Maine State AGAug 18 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Aug 18 (VT), 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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/014ae6db-4cb7-464b-b827-5d73f0bbc911.shtml
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: 93897da7983eca2a92832b299c52a0f27bfc450b98aa1ed97a164ee9cb228507

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTESLA, INC.

Victim entityTESLA, INC.

Incidentdiscovered May 10, 2023

Stated responseSent written notification to affected individuals

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov