Tesla Says Engineer Stole Code Worth 200 Years Of Work Automating Entire Process Of The Company
Tesla claims a software engineer by the name of Alex Khatilov stole critical automated software. The scripts took Tesla 12 years and 200 man-years to develop.
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Tesla has filed a lawsuit with United States District Court for Northern California alleging Alex Khatilov, a systems engineer hired by Tesla has stolen proprietary automation software the entire organization operates by.
The suit comes after Tesla’s information security personnel learned Mr. Khatilov improperly transferred 26,000 scrips Tesla uses to automate its operations. The allegedly stolen data contains a number of Tesla’s automation processes by which the entire manufacturing process from ordering parts to delivering vehicles runs on.