Tesla and FBI prevented $1 million ransomware hack at Gigafactory Nevada

Electrek: The FBI released information this week on the arrest of Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov, a 27-year-old Russian citizen, who they claim was part of a group who attempted to extort millions of dollars from a company in Nevada, which has now been identified as Tesla. This is a pretty solid tale, involving a Tesla employee who turned down a million dollar payday, then wore a wire in an FBI sting. Part of my takeaway from this is all the companies who paid the ransomware rather than fight.∞ Read...