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2020-08-29 Cyber

'FBI arrests Russian 'tourist' who 'offered a Tesla employee $1 million to install malware in company computers to steal data in extortion scheme'

[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]

Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov, 27, was arrested last week in Los Angeles

FBI says he tried to bribe person in Nevada to infect his employer's computers

Elon Musk confirms Tesla was the target and says it was 'a serious attack'

Goal of the scheme was to steal Tesla data and extort money, FBI says

Posted by Skidmark 2020-08-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11138 views ] Top

#1 SpaceX needs to consider the equipment it uses from the sister company Tesla. SpaceX is rightly US Citizens only as a rocket company. Tesla not so. If you look at the StarShip it uses Tesla components. That means they are not US citizen only...

Posted by 3dc 2020-08-29 10:20|| 2020-08-29 10:20|| Front Page Top

#2 A cogent point, 3dc.

Posted by trailing wife 2020-08-29 23:33|| 2020-08-29 23:33|| Front Page Top

#3 But Tesla is a private company, or? (Yes, Elon Musk is a big-time crony capitalist.)

Posted by Clem 2020-08-29 23:42|| 2020-08-29 23:42|| Front Page Top

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