Tesla acknowledged it the subject of an attempted hack. Elon Musk tweeted “this was a serious attack" in response to a report from Teslarati that a Tesla employee had helped the FBI stop a cyberattack on the company. The FBI arrested a Russian man Aug. 22 on charges of hacking. The Justice Department said the man had tried to bribe a Tesla employee $1 million to help him hack into Tesla’s...
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