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Glad to hear they're suing him. The interesting question is if he was hired by some outside agency to join Tesla to do this. He was only at the company for 3-4

Glad to hear they're suing him. The interesting question is if he was hired by some outside agency to join Tesla to do this. He was only at the company for 3-4 months before "complaining of not getting a raise". That's a very short period of time. My bet is that is that's a lie to hide the real reason. Hopefully they get access to his call history to see what companies he communicated with. Also shame on the author for Editorializing the title. The true article title is "Tesla sues ex-employee for hacking, theft, and leaking to the press"

wilsonnb2 8y ago
Seems more like a conspiracy theory than an interesting question to me.
- CalChris 8y ago
  Given that the civil suit says that Tripp transferred that information to third parties, yes, this is beginning to sound like a conspiracy. There are 5 elements of a conspiracy. 1. 2 or more persons 2. intention 3. make an agreement 4. to violate the law 5. act in furtherance of that agreement Conspiracy is a crime and so the Feds would be responsible for investigating and then charging that. This is only a civil suit. But yes, it sounds like a conspiracy. IANALBICLSUAWATNG
  - wilsonnb2 8y ago
    That's not really what the term "conspiracy theory" means. It means "a belief that some covert but influential organization is responsible for a circumstance or event". In this case, an unknown company or government agency is the influential organization behind planting this guy as an employee at Tesla to steal data. Anyways, the actual wording, I think, is "he also wrote computer code to periodically export Tesla’s data off its network and into the hands of third parties" which is vague. It could mean that he exported the data off of the network and then gave it to third parties (news outlets). It could also just mean that he uploaded the data to an AWS server, or to his Google Drive account. It certainly doesn't imply that he was hired by an outside agency specifically for this purpose, which is what the original comment was wondering about.
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gwern 8y ago
The lawsuit doesn't mention raises, it says that he was angry over, specifically, being transferred to another job after clashing with coworkers/managers.
- mlindner 8y ago
  Transferred instead of being promoted, to be precise.
dayaz36 8y ago
That's exactly what I was thinking. I don't buy that he went through all of this merely for not getting promoted. Especially since he's only been at the company for a few months. Definitely working with outside entities.
sergiotapia 8y ago
Mo ssad is involved people say

wilsonnb2 8y ago

Seems more like a conspiracy theory than an interesting question to me.

CalChris 8y ago
Given that the civil suit says that Tripp transferred that information to third parties, yes, this is beginning to sound like a conspiracy. There are 5 elements of a conspiracy. 1. 2 or more persons 2. intention 3. make an agreement 4. to violate the law 5. act in furtherance of that agreement Conspiracy is a crime and so the Feds would be responsible for investigating and then charging that. This is only a civil suit. But yes, it sounds like a conspiracy. IANALBICLSUAWATNG
- wilsonnb2 8y ago
  That's not really what the term "conspiracy theory" means. It means "a belief that some covert but influential organization is responsible for a circumstance or event". In this case, an unknown company or government agency is the influential organization behind planting this guy as an employee at Tesla to steal data. Anyways, the actual wording, I think, is "he also wrote computer code to periodically export Tesla’s data off its network and into the hands of third parties" which is vague. It could mean that he exported the data off of the network and then gave it to third parties (news outlets). It could also just mean that he uploaded the data to an AWS server, or to his Google Drive account. It certainly doesn't imply that he was hired by an outside agency specifically for this purpose, which is what the original comment was wondering about.
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gwern 8y ago

The lawsuit doesn't mention raises, it says that he was angry over, specifically, being transferred to another job after clashing with coworkers/managers.

mlindner 8y ago
Transferred instead of being promoted, to be precise.

dayaz36 8y ago

That's exactly what I was thinking. I don't buy that he went through all of this merely for not getting promoted. Especially since he's only been at the company for a few months. Definitely working with outside entities.

sergiotapia 8y ago

Mo ssad is involved people say