Dutch watchdog looking into alleged Tesla data breach

By Riham Alkousaa and Toby Sterling

Technology
Friday, 26 May 2023
7:22 AM MYT

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BERLIN/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The data protection watchdog for the Netherlands said on Friday it was aware of possible Tesla data protection breaches, but it was too early for further comment.

Germany's Handelsblatt reported on Thursday that Elon Musk's Tesla had allegedly failed to adequately protect data from customers, employees and business partners, citing 100 gigabytes of confidential data leaked by a whistleblower.

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Dutch watchdog looking into alleged Tesla data breach