The hacker wanted to carry out a DDoS attack on Tesla while stealing sensitive information with the help of malware.
Employee loyalty ensues a win-win situation for the electric car maker, Tesla. Only recently, a Russian hacker transpired a full-fledged and well-financed scheme to hack the leading electric vehicle and clean energy company’s Gigafactory Nevada or also known as Gigafactory 1.
His efforts were rather thwarted by the worker who chose to give up $1 million and work closely with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to catch the hacker. Now, Elon Musk in a tweet has confirmed the news about the cyberattack in pursuits by the Russian hacker.
Image: Elon Must’s Twitter
The conniving threat actor, Egor Igorevich Krichkov had a full conspiracy plan in action. In order to breach the network, Egor contacted a Russian speaking and non-US citizen worker at the Gigafactory. The worker whose identity has not been disclosed had access to computer networks.
However, on July 16th, 2020, the hacker contacted the worker via WhatsApp and asked to meet him in person. The Tesla employee met him and his associates in tow somewhere between 1st to 3rd August.
Egor invited the worker to participate in what he termed as a ‘special project’. He then explained that he would provide the worker with malware to furtively transmit into the company’s network. Through this, the plan was to engage in a ..
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