Tesla to employees: if you leak, we’ll catch you, we’ll fire you, and we might sue you

Tesla employees received an email today record shooting, felony charges, and lawsuits as potential consequences for leaking information about the electrical vehicle-maker to the media, CNBC reported. The email, which was sent by Tesla’s security team, recorded recent actions the company had taken against employees who had leaked.

1 former employee had “exfiltrated business information from the Tesla domain and threatened to disclose confidential business info,” according to the email. Tesla has filed felony charges the email stated. It recorded two lawsuits over & ldquo and intellectual property;stealing proprietary information and trade secrets. ”

Secrecy is a part of Silicon Valley culture

It’s the latest salvo in Silicon Valley&rsquoattempts to silent leaks. Google sent a similar email in 2016, describing how the company hunts internally for leakers. In April 2018, an Apple email leaked that described how the company had 12 employees arrested for leaking information on the company’s future plans. In 2018, after Buzzfeed printed an internal memo by a Facebook executive, Facebook employees castigated leakers on their internal forums: ”How fucking terrible that some irresponsible jerk decided he or she had some god complex that jeopardizes our inner culture and something that makes Facebook great? ”

Secrecy is a significant part of Silicon Valley culture, where so-called “mouse guards ” — USB sticks containing sensitive information — are sometimes left around to determine if employees will behave, according to reporting against The Guardian last year.

Tesla is an eventful firm — and recently, a lot has been going on. The business is attempting to raise more capital. CEO Elon Musk has also pushed a driverless future to Tesla investors, touting the organization ’s hardware development. Meanwhile, a Nikkei report has suggested tensions between Tesla and its main battery supplier, Panasonic. And Trump’s trade tariffs may pose issues for Autopilot’s future in China.

Today’s email focuses on leaks of information, as well as leaks to media to competitors. However, it wouldn’t be Tesla if somebody weren’t in trouble for using Twitter — in this instance, an employee who was fired “for sharing confidential business information on Twitter, such as production numbers, together with journalists. ”

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