https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107693/45/1076934586_2:0:3642:2048_1200x675_80_0_0_4e8ec3b02a99e1ba6b6e280c51013b53.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sergei Gridnev. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202008281080300704-elon-musk-confirms-tesla-nevada-facility-was-targeted-by-cyberattack/ Earlier this week, the US Department of Justice stated that it had arrested a Russian national in connection with a planned cyberattack on an unidentified company. Elon Musk on Thursday confirmed speculations that Tesla Inc’s factory in Nevada was the target of a potential cyberattack. The news website Teslarati earlier this week reported that Tesla was the unnamed company mentioned in a report by the US Department of Justice that said the FBI had managed to thwart a cybersecurity attack. Turning to Twitter, Musk commented on the article, saying that “This was a serious attack”. Much […]
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A Tampa teenager was taken into custody Friday, accused of being the “mastermind” behind a huge Twitter hack that targeted some of the world’s most wealthy and influential people, authorities said. The Hillsborough State Attorney’s Office filed 30 felony charges against Graham Ivan Clark, 17, for “scamming people across America” in the July 15 attack. The scheme “stole the identities of prominent people” and “posted messages in their names directing victims to send Bitcoin” to accounts that were associated with the Tampa teen, prosecutors said. The scheme netted more than $100,000 in one day. The charges against Clark include organized fraud, 17 […]
Johnny Depp apparently missed a part of his own libel trial against News Group Newspapers on Friday. As Depp’s concierge provided testimony in High Court regarding Amber Heard’s allegedly frequent late-night visits from Elon Musk, the actor himself was in a meeting to discuss a new film project, according to the Daily Mail. Depp is suing NGN over a 2018 story that ran in The Sun and labelled him a “wife-beater” after allegations of domestic abuse from Heard. The publisher’s defense rests on 14 separate abuse allegations from Heard, which allegedly occurred between 2013 and 2016. Depp has denied all allegations […]
The award-winning rapper stunned audiences on 5 July when he announced he was trying his hand in a completely new walk of life, setting himself a goal of challenging President Trump, who he had earlier endorsed, and presumptive Democratic candidate Joe Biden in the forthcoming national polls. Katy Perry has commented on the news that hip-hop icon Kanye West is running for US president this November, saying that while she “loves him as an artist”, the White House job is one “best suited for someone with experience”. Speaking to Hits Radio Breakfast on Friday she made it clear that she’d rather […]
Tesla branded short shorts went on sale, as earlier promised by Elon Musk, but sold out almost immediately, with fans eagerly speculating on how the tech entrepreneur had dipped his toes into a completely different career. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has unveiled a long-awaited pair of red satin “short shorts” among a whole range of branded apparel up for sale on the e-car maker’s online store, thereby chalking up a small win over stubborn investors who had earlier questioned his position at the helm of the company. Will send some to the Shortseller Enrichment Commission to comfort them through these difficult […]
The morning after Tesla CEO Elon Musk called stay-at-home orders “fascist” and tweeted “FREE AMERICA NOW” in April, a professor of occupational health at the University of California San Francisco inserted himself into the dispute over reopening the electric car company’s Fremont plant. Dr. John Balmes sent an email to Dr. Erica Pan, Alameda County’s interim head of public health, that morning introducing her to Tesla’s corporate medical director, Dr. James Craner. The two men work together at UCSF, where Craner is also on the clinical staff. Balmes stopped short of an endorsement for reopening the plant amid the coronavirus pandemic. […]