Elon Musk accuses employee of 'damaging sabotage'

Tesla’s Chief Executive Elon Musk has accused an employee of “extensive and damaging sabotage” in the workplace.

A BBC report finds Musk emailed staff saying an unnamed employee sent sensitive data to unnamed third parties and made coding changes to its manufacturing operating system.

"The full extent of his actions are not yet clear, but what he has admitted so far is pretty bad," he said in the email.

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"His stated motivation is that he wanted a promotion that he did not receive.