Carson City, NV – Tuesday, Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford announced that he and his Bureau of Consumer Protection have spoken to Tesla representatives about a data security breach in May that compromised the personal information of current and former Tesla employees.
The information compromised includes employee names, phone numbers, physical addresses and email addresses. According to Tesla, 7,409 current or former employees in Nevada were notified about the incident.
“Protecting your identity and credit is both a company and personal obligation,” said AG Ford. “I want to inform everyone impacted by this incident that they have an opportunity to take advantage of complimentary services offered by Tesla, in addition to proactively taking additional safeguards. Anyone who is concerned about the status of their credit should take steps to ensure it is protected.”
According to Tesla, the security incident compromised the personal information of about 75,000 current and former employees nationwide. The persons who took the information shared it directly with a German newspaper. However, at this time, Tesla has seen no evidence that the information has been misused, and the newspaper has publicly stated it will not publish the information.
Tesla is offering all impacted employees twelve months of free enrollment in Experian’s IdentityWorks credit monitoring and identity detection service, and the notices issued to current and former employees contain instructions on how to enroll.