Tesla Allegedly Hacked Employee
Return To ArticleTesla investigators who were personally hired by Elon Musk allegedly hacked an employee’s phone, spied on his messages, and even misled police about a potential mass shooting, according to Sean Gouthro, a former security manager at the company’s Nevada Gigafactory. Gouthro’s claims are the centerpiece of a new blockbuster Bloomberg Businessweek report about how the company has responded to whistleblowers in its ranks.
Gouthro describes a months-long campaign from Tesla to hound the employee, Martin Tripp, who later filed an official whistleblower tip with the Securities and Exchange Commission. His account also fills in some of the many gaps in the vague description his lawyer offered earlier this week of Gouthro’s own official whistleblower tip, which he filed with the SEC in January.
