特斯拉起訴前員工竊取26000個機密文件,當事人喊冤:我只是“手滑”了

{"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"特斯拉又提起一項針對前員工盜竊商業機密的訴訟。涉事前員工被指控,在任職不足一週的時間裏,便大膽地將公司26000個機密文件移到了其個人帳戶中。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"align":null,"level":2},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"特斯拉指控前員工竊取代碼,被告連喊冤"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"近日,特斯拉對一名前員工Alex Khatilov提起了訴訟。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"在聯邦訴訟中,特斯拉指控Alex Khatilov自2020年12月28日開始擔任軟件工程師的三天後,便開始竊取大量代碼,並從公司的內部網絡下載了與其Warp Drive軟件相關的文件,並將約26000個機密的公司軟件文件移到了其個人Dropbox帳戶中。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"這些文件包含特斯拉用於一些重要業務的任務(如,訂購零件和交付車輛)流程自動化的代碼腳本。這數千種貿易計算機腳本是特斯拉工程師花了數年時間開發的。特斯拉表示,它們是商業祕密,在公司大約50000名員工中只有40名可以訪問。Alex Khatilov是有權訪問文件的特斯拉員工之一。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"特斯拉的訴訟稱,這些代表“ 200個工作年的工作量”的文件對公司及其競爭對手都非常有價值,這些腳本“將告知競爭對手,特斯拉認爲哪些系統對自動化非常重要且有價值,以及如何對其進行自動化,從而提供了複製特斯拉創新成果的路線圖” 。特斯拉認爲Alex Khatilov的竊取行爲是在“故意和惡意損害”公司的業務。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"不過,Alex Khatilov對指控予以否認。他認爲特斯拉誤解了他,且堅持認爲軟件文件是錯誤地放入了他的Dropbox中,他並沒有計劃竊取文件或將其交給其他人。“我在這個行業已經工作了20年,我知道敏感文件是關於什麼的,而且我從未嘗試訪問或竊取任何敏感文件”,Alex Khatilov在接受The Pos採訪時表示。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"特斯拉表示,公司工程師在過去12年中開發的一批代碼已於1月4日完成下載。Alex Khatilov稱,他被告知要從特斯拉的系統下載文件,因爲他的工作將涉及與其中一些文件進行合作。他試圖製作一個包含計算機上文件的文件夾的備份副本,但他“無意間”將該文件夾移動到了Dropbox中。“我不知道那裏有26,000個文件”,Alex Khatilov表示。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"根據訴訟文件,在遠程工作期間,Alex Khatilov在1月6日這天下載了更多文件。當天,他被特斯拉安全團隊的調查人員抓了個“現行”,安全團隊檢測到了文件下載,並通過視頻通話與他展開對峙。但Alex Khatilov推遲了與安全團隊進行屏幕共享,且在此期間可以在視頻聊天中看到他在匆忙從計算機中刪除信息。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"特斯拉方面認爲,Alex Khatilov下載的腳本“與他的職責無關”,而且,他還在試圖掩蓋自己的訪問記錄。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"1月6日當天,特斯拉解僱了Alex Khatilov。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"特斯拉在訴訟中表示,Alex Khatilov“聲稱他以某種方式“忘記”了他偷走的成千上萬個其他文件,這幾乎可以肯定就是一個謊言,調查人員仍然能夠查看上傳到他的Dropbox賬戶的數千個機密文件。“而且,很明顯,在調查人員試圖遠程訪問他的計算機時,他曾在視頻對峙開始時匆匆刪除了Dropbox客戶端和其他文件,開始大膽地試圖破壞證據。”"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"對此,Alex Khatilov辯稱,他是應特斯拉的要求從Dropbox中刪除文件的。且他只轉移了“幾個個人行政文件”。他還卸載了計算機上的Dropbox軟件,並沒有人告訴他不應該這樣做。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"在上週五之前,Alex Khatilov一直不知道自己被起訴了,“我對被起訴表示震驚,我剛到這家公司,那些文件也沒有去任何地方。我並沒有撒謊,我回答了特斯拉調查人員所提出的所有問題”,Alex Khatilov對 The Pos說。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"align":null,"level":2},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"員工盜竊商業機密案頻發"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"作爲全球最受關注的車企之一,特斯拉頻頻發生內部員工盜竊公司商業機密的案件,爲保護其專有數據,特斯拉這幾年不是在打官司就是在打官司的路上。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"2020年12月,特斯拉與其前工藝技術人員Martin Tripp達成了和解,後者承認泄露了機密信息。雙方的官司僵持了2年多時間,起因是Martin Tripp指責特斯拉在生產Model 3時浪費了大量原材料。訴訟中,特斯拉認爲,Tripp入侵了電動汽車公司的系統並將“千兆字節”的數據傳輸給了第三方。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"去年7月,特斯拉對四名前員工發起了訴訟,特斯拉發現,這四名前員工涉嫌將特斯拉的機密信息攜帶到了電動汽車初創公司Rivian。而且,Rivian其實在“故意鼓勵”這種行爲,特斯拉將對其惡意行爲尋求懲罰性賠償。訴訟中,特斯拉稱已有兩名被告承認接受機密信息,其中一位曾擔任特斯拉的人事高級經理,在她接受Rivian的offer的第二天,她就從特斯拉的網絡中至少獲取了十份機密和專有文件,包括候選人名單及詳細的內部書面記錄等。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"早在2019年3月,特斯拉指控其一名前工程師曹光植在跳槽小鵬汽車之前涉嫌竊取了Autopilot的商業機密。後來,小鵬迴應稱曹光植沒有任何違規行爲。2019年12月,馬斯克在社交網站上“吐槽”小鵬汽車,稱其使用的自動駕駛軟件是特斯拉的舊版本,因此效果有限。他指控小鵬汽車竊取了特斯拉的源代碼。他還稱,小鵬也偷走了蘋果的代碼。但小鵬是否涉嫌竊取特斯拉的源代碼還有待商榷。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"2019年初,特斯拉還對無人駕駛初創公司Zoox 提起了訴訟,指控4名曾在特斯拉工作過的Zoox員工將有關特斯拉制造業的專有信息和商業機密帶給了Zoox,並幫助這家公司跳過了過去幾年開發和運行自己的倉儲、物流和庫存控制業務所需的工作。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"在經過了一年多的訴訟後,該案件於2020年4月迎來關鍵進展,雙方達成和解。Zoox承認其四名員工從其前任僱主特斯拉那裏獲取了有關運輸、接收和倉庫程序的機密文件。Zoox承諾將向特斯拉支付一筆未公開的賠償款項。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"strong"}],"text":"參考文章:"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/01\/22\/ex-staffer-being-sued-by-tesla-denies-he-stole-massive-cache-of-code\/","title":"","type":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/01\/22\/ex-staffer-being-sued-by-tesla-denies-he-stole-massive-cache-of-code\/"}]}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/01\/22\/tesla-sues-former-employee-for-allegedly-stealing-software-code.html","title":"","type":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/01\/22\/tesla-sues-former-employee-for-allegedly-stealing-software-code.html"}]}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2021\/1\/24\/22247095\/tesla-sues-former-employee-software-dropbox","title":"","type":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2021\/1\/24\/22247095\/tesla-sues-former-employee-software-dropbox"}]}]}]}
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