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Company Claims Newly Hired Engineer Downloaded Software Files to Dropbox Doug Olenick (DougOlenick) • January 25, 2021 Tesla's Gigafactory in Nevada (Photo: Tesla)Tesla has filed a lawsuit against a former employee who the carmaker says stole thousands of confidential software files almost immediately after being hired in December 2020.
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The electric carmaker alleges Alex Khatilov, also known as Sabir Khatilov - who was hired as a software automation engineer on Dec. 28, 2020 - removed the files from the company's internal network and transferred them to his Dropbox account.
"These scripts, when executed, automate a broad range of functions throughout Tesla's business," the lawsuit states. "Only a select few Tesla employees even have access to these files; and as a member of that group, the defendant took advantage of that access to download files unrelated to his job."
The lawsuit, filed with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Jose Division, alleges Khatilov violated the U.S. Defend Trade Secrets Act and California's Uniform Trade Secrets Act and breached his contract with the company.
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