[vc_row][vc_column][vc_paragraph text=”Elon Musk confirmed that Tesla was recently attacked in order to extort $ 1 million in Bitcoins from the automaker.“][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_heading title=”Ransomware attack on Tesla” size=”medium”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_paragraph text=”A Russian citizen contacted a Tesla employee from a manufacturing facility in Nevada, and persuaded him to install a ransomware program in the Tesla computer network. The fraudster offered the employee $ 1 million and a prepayment of 1 PTS, in exchange for downloading the software.”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_paragraph text=”Instead of accepting the bribe, the employee called the FBI. During the investigation, the us Federal Bureau of investigation arrested 27-year-old Russian Yegor Igorevich Kryuchkov, who was the culprit of the extortion attempt. Kryuchkov was detained in Los Angeles on August 22, and currently faces up to 5 years in prison for the extortion scheme if found guilty.”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_paragraph text=”Speaking about the cryptocurrency extortion attempt targeting his company, the CEO said it was a major attack after he suffered a previous bitcoin hack on Twitter that hit his social media platform as well as other tech moguls and well-known figures.”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_paragraph text=”The attempted ransomware attack came at a time when the market is seeing a sharp rise in Tesla shares, with a market capitalization of about $ 465 billion, after an announced 5-to-1 stock split that quadrupled Musk’s fortune.”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_paragraph text=”Overtaking Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the SpaceX founder is now among the top three richest people in the world, according to the Bloomberg billionaires index.”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
