特斯拉起诉前员工窃取26000个机密文件，当事人喊冤：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":"特斯拉又提起一项针对前员工盗窃商业机密的诉讼。涉事前员工被指控，在任职不足一周的时间里，便大胆地将公司26000个机密文件移到了其个人帐户中。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"align":null,"level":2},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"特斯拉指控前员工窃取代码，被告连喊冤"}]},{"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，特斯拉对一名前员工Alex Khatilov提起了诉讼。"}]},{"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":"在联邦诉讼中，特斯拉指控Alex Khatilov自2020年12月28日开始担任软件工程师的三天后，便开始窃取大量代码，并从公司的内部网络下载了与其Warp Drive软件相关的文件，并将约26000个机密的公司软件文件移到了其个人Dropbox帐户中。"}]},{"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":"这些文件包含特斯拉用于一些重要业务的任务（如，订购零件和交付车辆）流程自动化的代码脚本。这数千种贸易计算机脚本是特斯拉工程师花了数年时间开发的。特斯拉表示，它们是商业秘密，在公司大约50000名员工中只有40名可以访问。Alex Khatilov是有权访问文件的特斯拉员工之一。"}]},{"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":"特斯拉的诉讼称，这些代表“ 200个工作年的工作量”的文件对公司及其竞争对手都非常有价值，这些脚本“将告知竞争对手，特斯拉认为哪些系统对自动化非常重要且有价值，以及如何对其进行自动化，从而提供了复制特斯拉创新成果的路线图” 。特斯拉认为Alex Khatilov的窃取行为是在“故意和恶意损害”公司的业务。"}]},{"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":"不过，Alex Khatilov对指控予以否认。他认为特斯拉误解了他，且坚持认为软件文件是错误地放入了他的Dropbox中，他并没有计划窃取文件或将其交给其他人。“我在这个行业已经工作了20年，我知道敏感文件是关于什么的，而且我从未尝试访问或窃取任何敏感文件”，Alex Khatilov在接受The Pos采访时表示。"}]},{"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，公司工程师在过去12年中开发的一批代码已于1月4日完成下载。Alex Khatilov称，他被告知要从特斯拉的系统下载文件，因为他的工作将涉及与其中一些文件进行合作。他试图制作一个包含计算机上文件的文件夹的备份副本，但他“无意间”将该文件夹移动到了Dropbox中。“我不知道那里有26，000个文件”，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":"根据诉讼文件，在远程工作期间，Alex Khatilov在1月6日这天下载了更多文件。当天，他被特斯拉安全团队的调查人员抓了个“现行”，安全团队检测到了文件下载，并通过视频通话与他展开对峙。但Alex Khatilov推迟了与安全团队进行屏幕共享，且在此期间可以在视频聊天中看到他在匆忙从计算机中删除信息。"}]},{"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":"特斯拉方面认为，Alex Khatilov下载的脚本“与他的职责无关”，而且，他还在试图掩盖自己的访问记录。"}]},{"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日当天，特斯拉解雇了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":"特斯拉在诉讼中表示，Alex Khatilov“声称他以某种方式“忘记”了他偷走的成千上万个其他文件，这几乎可以肯定就是一个谎言，调查人员仍然能够查看上传到他的Dropbox账户的数千个机密文件。“而且，很明显，在调查人员试图远程访问他的计算机时，他曾在视频对峙开始时匆匆删除了Dropbox客户端和其他文件，开始大胆地试图破坏证据。”"}]},{"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":"对此，Alex Khatilov辩称，他是应特斯拉的要求从Dropbox中删除文件的。且他只转移了“几个个人行政文件”。他还卸载了计算机上的Dropbox软件，并没有人告诉他不应该这样做。"}]},{"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":"在上周五之前，Alex Khatilov一直不知道自己被起诉了，“我对被起诉表示震惊，我刚到这家公司，那些文件也没有去任何地方。我并没有撒谎，我回答了特斯拉调查人员所提出的所有问题”，Alex Khatilov对 The Pos说。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"align":null,"level":2},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"员工盗窃商业机密案频发"}]},{"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":"作为全球最受关注的车企之一，特斯拉频频发生内部员工盗窃公司商业机密的案件，为保护其专有数据，特斯拉这几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，特斯拉与其前工艺技术人员Martin Tripp达成了和解，后者承认泄露了机密信息。双方的官司僵持了2年多时间，起因是Martin Tripp指责特斯拉在生产Model 3时浪费了大量原材料。诉讼中，特斯拉认为，Tripp入侵了电动汽车公司的系统并将“千兆字节”的数据传输给了第三方。"}]},{"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，特斯拉对四名前员工发起了诉讼，特斯拉发现，这四名前员工涉嫌将特斯拉的机密信息携带到了电动汽车初创公司Rivian。而且，Rivian其实在“故意鼓励”这种行为，特斯拉将对其恶意行为寻求惩罚性赔偿。诉讼中，特斯拉称已有两名被告承认接受机密信息，其中一位曾担任特斯拉的人事高级经理，在她接受Rivian的offer的第二天，她就从特斯拉的网络中至少获取了十份机密和专有文件，包括候选人名单及详细的内部书面记录等。"}]},{"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师曹光植在跳槽小鹏汽车之前涉嫌窃取了Autopilot的商业机密。后来，小鹏回应称曹光植没有任何违规行为。2019年12月，马斯克在社交网站上“吐槽”小鹏汽车，称其使用的自动驾驶软件是特斯拉的旧版本，因此效果有限。他指控小鹏汽车窃取了特斯拉的源代码。他还称，小鹏也偷走了苹果的代码。但小鹏是否涉嫌窃取特斯拉的源代码还有待商榷。"}]},{"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，特斯拉还对无人驾驶初创公司Zoox 提起了诉讼，指控4名曾在特斯拉工作过的Zoox员工将有关特斯拉制造业的专有信息和商业机密带给了Zoox，并帮助这家公司跳过了过去几年开发和运行自己的仓储、物流和库存控制业务所需的工作。"}]},{"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":"在经过了一年多的诉讼后，该案件于2020年4月迎来关键进展，双方达成和解。Zoox承认其四名员工从其前任雇主特斯拉那里获取了有关运输、接收和仓库程序的机密文件。Zoox承诺将向特斯拉支付一笔未公开的赔偿款项。"}]},{"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":"参考文章："}]},{"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"}]}]}]}