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| Musk confirms that one of Tesla's factories was the target of a dangerous cyber attack |
Elon Musk said Thursday that the Tesla plant in Nevada was the target of a "serious" security attack and confirmed media reports that company employees helped the FBI stop the attack.
The Teslarati news site reads: The electric vehicle maker is a company that was not mentioned in a statement released on Tuesday by the US Department of Justice that has arrested Russian citizens in connection with the proposed unidentified company.
"This is a serious attack," the CEO of Tesla said in a tweet. The Ministry of Justice said: A 27-year-old Russian citizen (Igor Igorevich Kryuchkov) was arrested and charged with conspiracy to hire employees. The offense of willful destruction of a protected computer by introducing malware into it.
The statement reads: The malware is supposed to extract data from the network and then blackmail the company for a ransom. According to the Ministry of Justice, Kryuchkov promised the employee a reward of one million dollars for his introduction of malware. However, the agent reported the incident to the FBI, and the FBI succeeded in preventing the attack, a complaint from the FBI in Las Vegas.
It should be noted that this news comes two days after Musk announced that US electric vehicle manufacturers can produce a large number of batteries at 50% more energy density (which could lead to the adoption of electric aircraft) within three to four years).
As people increasingly speculate about the announcement of the Tesla "Battery Day" event, Musk made the above comments because people expected him to reveal how the car's performance could be improved. Drums.
On Monday, Musk wrote on Twitter: "Made batteries with an energy density of 400 W / kg and a high circulating current - a lot; not just to test them - it's not out of reach, maybe 3-4 years."