{"id":1938747,"date":"2023-05-26T11:11:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T15:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dutch-watchdog-looking-into-alleged-tesla-data-breach\/"},"modified":"2023-05-26T11:14:42","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T15:14:42","slug":"dutch-watchdog-looking-into-alleged-tesla-data-breach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dutch-watchdog-looking-into-alleged-tesla-data-breach\/","title":{"rendered":"Dutch watchdog probes possible Tesla data breach."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" 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mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Tesla Faces Possible Data Protection Breaches<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>By Riham Alkousaa and Toby Sterling<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-there-a-chance-for-ron-desantis\/\" title=\"Can Ron DeSantis win?\">data protection watchdog<\/a> for the Netherlands said on Friday it was aware of possible Tesla <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/isis-commander-killed-in-syria-by-u-s-military\/\" title=\"ISIS commander killed in Syria by U.S. military\">data protection breaches<\/a>, but it was too early to say whether it would start an investigation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Germany\u2019s Handelsblatt reported on Thursday that Elon Musk\u2019s Tesla had allegedly failed to adequately protect data from customers, employees and business partners, citing 100 gigabytes of confidential data leaked by a whistleblower.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe are aware of the Handelsblatt story and we are looking into it,\u201d said a spokesperson for the AP data watchdog in the Netherlands, where Tesla\u2019s European headquarters is located. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Handelsblatt said Tesla notified the Dutch authorities about the breach, but the AP spokesperson said they were not aware if the company had made any representations to the agency.<\/p>\n<p>Tesla was not immediately available for comment on Friday on the Handelsblatt report, which said customer data could be found \u201cin abundance\u201d in a data set labelled \u201cTesla Files\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dutch-watchdog-looking-into-alleged-tesla-data-breach\/\" title=\"Dutch watchdog probes possible Tesla data breach.\">data protection office<\/a> in the German state of Brandenburg, which is home to Tesla\u2019s European gigafactory, described the data leak as \u201cmassive\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t remember such a scale,\u201d Brandenburg data protection officer Dagmar Hartge said, adding that the case had been handed to the Dutch authorities who would be responsible if the allegations led to an enforcement action.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Dutch authorities have several weeks to decide whether to deal with the case as part of a European procedure, she added.<\/p>\n<p>The files include tables containing more than 100,000 names of former and current employees, including the social security number of Tesla CEO Musk, along with private email addresses, phone numbers, salaries of employees, bank details of customers and secret details from production, Handelsblatt reported.<\/p>\n<p>The breach would violate the GDPR, it said.<\/p>\n<p>If such a violation was proved, Tesla could be fined up to 4% of its annual sales, which could be 3.26 billion euros. <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>German union IG Metall said the revelations were \u201cdisturbing\u201d and called on Tesla to inform employees about all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-under-fire-from-a-man-named-mudge-former-hactivist-from-the-cult-of-the-dead-cow\/\" title=\"Twitter Under Fire From A Man Named Mudge: Former \u2018Hactivist\u2019 From The Cult Of The Dead Cow\">data protection violations<\/a> and promote a culture in which staff could raise problems and grievances openly and without fear.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThese revelations \u2026 fit with the picture that we have gained in just under two years,\u201d said Dirk Schulze, IG Metall incoming district manager for Berlin, Brandenburg and Saxony.<\/p>\n<p>Handelsblatt quoted a lawyer for Tesla as saying a \u201cdisgruntled former employee\u201d had abused their access as a service technician, adding that the company would take legal action against the individual it suspected of the leak.<\/p>\n<p>Citing the leaked files, the newspaper reported about thousands of customer complaints regarding the carmaker\u2019s driver assistance systems with around 4,000 complaints on sudden acceleration or phantom braking. <\/p>\n<p>Last month, a Reuters report showed that groups of Tesla employees privately shared via an internal messaging system sometimes highly invasive videos and images recorded by customers\u2019 car cameras between 2019 and 2022.<\/p>\n<p>This week, Facebook parent Meta was hit with a record 1.2 billion euro ($1.3 billion) fine by its lead European Union privacy regulator over its handling of user information and given five months to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zucks-mad-facebook-threatens-to-shut-down-europes-access-to-platforms-over-data-dispute\/\" title=\"Zuck's Mad: Facebook Threatens to Shut Down Europe's Access to Platforms over Data Dispute\">stop transferring user data<\/a> to the U.S.<\/p>\n<h3>Other News:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>With Memorial Day coming up, there\u2019s no better time to raise awareness and try to help prevent the increasing and tragic issue of veterans committing suicide.<\/li>\n<li>Representative James Comer says he has evidence Joe Biden accepted a bribe and used it to bribe Ukrainian officials.<\/li>\n<li>One America\u2019s Jessamyn Dodd sits down for a one-on-one\u00a0with New York Time\u2019s best selling author, and former\u00a0Trump lawyer, Alan Dershowitz, to discuss his new book.<\/li>\n<li>MILAN (Reuters) \u2013 France\u2019s Engie and Amazon on Friday cut the ribbon of Italy\u2019s biggest agrivoltaic farm with the aim to supply\u2026<\/li>\n<li>(Reuters) \u2013 Canadian privacy regulators are launching a joint investigation into ChatGPT-parent OpenAI\u2019s data collection and usage, becoming the latest major government\u2026<\/li>\n<li>The U.S. State Department warned on Thursday that China was capable of launching\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Netherlands&#8217; data protection watchdog is aware of potential Tesla data breaches, but it is too early to 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