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From: Elon Musk
To: Everybody
Subject: Some concerning news
June 17, 2018
11:57 p.m.
I was dismayed to learn this weekend about a Tesla employee who had conducted quite extensive and damaging sabotage to our operations. This included making direct code changes to the Tesla Manufacturing Operating System under false usernames and exporting large amounts of highly sensitive Tesla data to unknown third parties.
The full extent of his actions are not yet clear, but what he has admitted to so far is pretty bad. His stated motivation is that he wanted a promotion that he did not receive. In light of these actions, not promoting him was definitely the right move.
However, there may be considerably more to this situation than meets the eye, so the investigation will continue in depth this week. We need to figure out if he was acting alone or with others at Tesla and if he was working with any outside organizations.
As you know, there are a long list of organizations that want Tesla to die. These include Wall Street short-sellers, who have already lost billions of dollars and stand to lose a lot more. Then there are the oil & gas companies, the wealthiest industry in the world — they don't love the idea of Tesla advancing the progress of solar power & electric cars. Don't want to blow your mind, but rumor has it that those companies are sometimes not super nice. Then there are the multitude of big gas/diesel car company competitors. If they're willing to cheat so much about emissions, maybe they're willing to cheat in other ways?
Most of the time, when there is theft of goods, leaking of confidential information, dereliction of duty or outright sabotage, the reason really is something simple like wanting to get back at someone within the company or at the company as a whole. Occasionally, it is much more serious.
Please be extremely vigilant, particularly over the next few weeks as we ramp up the production rate to 5k/week. This is when outside forces have the strongest motivation to stop us.
If you know of, see or suspect anything suspicious, please send a note to [email address removed for privacy] with as much info as possible. This can be done in your name, which will be kept confidential, or completely anonymously.
Looking forward to having a great week with you as we charge up the super exciting ramp to 5000 Model 3 cars per week!
Will follow this up with emails every few days describing the progress and challenges of the Model 3 ramp.
Thanks for working so hard to make Tesla successful,
Elon
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https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/18/elo...onducted-extensive-and-damaging-sabotage.html


I think the key indicator here is if Elon can meet his 5/k per week model 3 commitment. He has been getting a lot of pressure from many areas especially the Unions knocking at his door to undermine his business. There is no doubt that Elon is a major threat and disruption to other industry sectors... although for them to plant spies or saboteurs is quite the stretch.
 
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I hope the company succeeds. As I said in another thread that IMHO TESLA is exactly the type of business model the US (and Canada) should be encouraging.

I'm kind-of surprised by some of the content of the Email. I'm sure he had a lawyer look at it before sending, but it provides a fair amount of detail about the leak (I'm assuming the company intends to charge the x-employee) and there is a slight paranoid tone. Maybe his form of plain talk will resonate with the employees and encourage them.
 
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Promo said:
I hope the company succeeds. As I said in another thread that IMHO TESLA is exactly the type of business model the US (and Canada) should be encouraging.

I'm kind-of surprised by some of the content of the Email. I'm sure he had a lawyer look at it before sending, but it provides a fair amount of detail about the leak (I'm assuming the company intends to charge the x-employee) and there is a slight paranoid tone. Maybe his form of plain talk will resonate with the employees and encourage them.
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I do as well although I’m afraid they have more growing pains to deal with. Making cars is capital intensive and only profitable at scale, where he isn’t yet.
 
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Promo said:
I hope the company succeeds. As I said in another thread that IMHO TESLA is exactly the type of business model the US (and Canada) should be encouraging.
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I agree completely. I hope he succeeds as well. I admire his guts and determination in the face of some really strong head winds.

Promo said:
I'm kind-of surprised by some of the content of the Email. I'm sure he had a lawyer look at it before sending, but it provides a fair amount of detail about the leak (I'm assuming the company intends to charge the x-employee) and there is a slight paranoid tone. Maybe his form of plain talk will resonate with the employees and encourage them.
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In my experience in the corporate wasteland, there is nothing worse than secrecy, or vague platitudes. For example, a coworker is let go and the management upon high just releases an email thanking Bob for his years of service and wishing him all the best in his future endeavors and please welcome Harry who will be assuming Bob's role effective tomorrow.

Horseshit.

Just tell the fucking truth and people will decide themselves whether they agree with it or not. Nothing worse than the rumour mill firing up.
 
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Model 3 production problems have been around for months and are ongoing. When I read this email I wonder about a car production company where their controls are so lax that one employee can do this. It makes me wonder whether this is another one of Musk's distractions from the real issue - Tesla can't seem to build the Model 3 to meet production promises. The Model 3 was to be Tesla's mass market appeal vehicle. WIth that comes production problems. Once the production problems are solved (assuming they are in the near term) and thousands of these are out the door ever month - then the next shoe drops - service complaints, recalls, warranty work, dealer service and problems, etc. THEN he has to start delivering on his other promises (his transport truck which seemingly defies the laws of physics, given current battery technology). I admire Musk, but he is a visionary, not an operating manager which is what Tesla needs right now.
 
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essguy_ said:
Model 3 production problems have been around for months and are ongoing. When I read this email I wonder about a car production company where their controls are so lax that one employee can do this. It makes me wonder whether this is another one of Musk's distractions from the real issue - Tesla can't seem to build the Model 3 to meet production promises. The Model 3 was to be Tesla's mass market appeal vehicle. WIth that comes production problems. Once the production problems are solved (assuming they are in the near term) and thousands of these are out the door ever month - then the next shoe drops - service complaints, recalls, warranty work, dealer service and problems, etc. THEN he has to start delivering on his other promises (his transport truck which seemingly defies the laws of physics, given current battery technology). I admire Musk, but he is a visionary, not an operating manager which is what Tesla needs right now.
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A Jobs needs a Cook.
 
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james t kirk said:
In my experience in the corporate wasteland, there is nothing worse than secrecy, or vague platitudes. For example, a coworker is let go and the management upon high just releases an email thanking Bob for his years of service and wishing him all the best in his future endeavors and please welcome Harry who will be assuming Bob's role effective tomorrow.

Horseshit.

Just tell the fucking truth and people will decide themselves whether they agree with it or not. Nothing worse than the rumour mill firing up.
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Every employee has a right to privacy even if fired. If a management communication in any (proveable) way prevents an x-employee from securing future employment, they can sue. This is basic HR and every manager should understand this. People leave companies for a variety of reasons and often it's not black and white. It's no-one elses business why the employee left, rumour mill will happen regardless. Your management team did the exact right thing. I think we have a few HR people here on Terb, I'm sure they will chime in with additional info and expertise.


This is why I find Musk's Email suspect:
- It shows how immature Tesla's IT security, privacy and confidentiality policies and procedures are. This situation would be horribly embarrassing for any major corporation.
- How was the employee able to gain access to those systems so easily? In IT we have AAA (Authentication, Authorization and Accounting) systems specifically designed to prevent this from happening especially on production systems.
- Why were they not able to recover quickly from back-ups?
- Why would a company as modern and forward thinking as Tesla not use very common 2-factor authentication (what you know (password) and what you have (fob)), that alone may have prevented this.
- How was he able to create multiple false usernames? Any decently managed company separates the creation and administration of usernames/passwords from the operations team (even within the security team)
- This is basic SSAE 16/18, 27001, SOC2 compliance stuff. If Tesla claims to have any of these certifications, they really f*cked up and are open to expensive re-audits
- There are many mechanisms in place to protect a corporations confidential data - however realistically few companies actually make use of them. Good example of companies that do are those that deal with credit cards (PCI DSS).
 
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essguy_ said:
Model 3 production problems have been around for months and are ongoing. When I read this email I wonder about a car production company where their controls are so lax that one employee can do this. It makes me wonder whether this is another one of Musk's distractions from the real issue - Tesla can't seem to build the Model 3 to meet production promises. The Model 3 was to be Tesla's mass market appeal vehicle. WIth that comes production problems. Once the production problems are solved (assuming they are in the near term) and thousands of these are out the door ever month - then the next shoe drops - service complaints, recalls, warranty work, dealer service and problems, etc. THEN he has to start delivering on his other promises (his transport truck which seemingly defies the laws of physics, given current battery technology). I admire Musk, but he is a visionary, not an operating manager which is what Tesla needs right now.
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Has he ever attempted to hire someone with operation manager expertise?
 
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I was asked once if I would ever buy a Tesla. I said I would, When Toyota made them. As far as Elon Musk goes.............


 
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Promo said:
I hope the company succeeds. As I said in another thread that IMHO TESLA is exactly the type of business model the US (and Canada) should be encouraging.

I'm kind-of surprised by some of the content of the Email. I'm sure he had a lawyer look at it before sending, but it provides a fair amount of detail about the leak (I'm assuming the company intends to charge the x-employee) and there is a slight paranoid tone.
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I don't see the paranoid tone. Everything he says in his email is plausible. I actually think he struck exactly the tone he needed to, somehow managing to impart the seriousness of what happened without panicking everyone, by deflecting the focus from damage done to these outside forces seeking to harm Tesla. It was like a rallying cry for those beset.
 
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