Massive Tesla Files leak may bring US$3.5 billion fine as production secrets and 4,000 rogue Autopilot complaints pop up

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After the EU fined Facebook US$1.3 billion for violating its GDPR rules this week, it may now charge Tesla 4% of its annual revenue there in a similar privacy breach case. That would be about US$3.5 billion for what Handelsblatt calls its “Tesla Files” as they include 100GB of confidential data handed by a whistleblower who Tesla lawyers claim was a “disgruntled former employee” they may have identified.

Apparently, a Tesla “service technician” used their access to the…

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