'A serious attack': Musk confirms Tesla Nevada was target of alleged Russian hacking attempt

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The Tesla Nevada factory was the target of an alleged attempted cyberattack from a Russian national, Elon Musk confirmed.

Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov, 27, appeared in federal court in Los Angeles Monday and has been charged with one count of conspiracy to intentionally cause damage to a protected computer, according to U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich of the District of Nevada and FBI Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse.

On July 16, Kriuchkov contacted an employee of a Nevada company, later identified by Musk as Tesla, after getting the phone number through a mutual acquaintance, and said he would be traveling through the area and would like to meet up. During these trips, Kriuchkov declined to be in any photos but offered to pay for the excursions, claiming he won money gambling, the employee told federal agents. The FBI recruited the employee as a confidential informant after the employee reported Kriuchkov's proposed activity to his company's security office.

 

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This could’ve been catastrophic! Especially w/ Elon and SPACE X program w/USA NASA Govt Agency. You can bet like hell ELON has multiple layers protecting TESLA’s Main Server! And, Very limited access to it. Nice try RUSSIANS! YOU Cheat, steal, and cause chaos globally!

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But he'll support a president who doesn't condone Russian interference

So if that brain implant he is working on could also be hacked?

Trump?

😂

Sure.

NEVER TRUST A COMMUNIST

Elon Musk is becoming increasingly paranoid and unhinged. People with minds like his usually go insane.

Let me guess, he had Crowdstrike verify 🤣🤣

Bull

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