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Guangzhi Cao (Tesla Autopilot source code → XPeng)INS-CAO-TESLA-XPENG-2021 insider
🇺🇸 US
aka Guangzhi Cao, Cao Guangzhi
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0attributed CVEs
0ATT&CK techniques
0.0IDF score (tooling uniqueness)
0exclusive CVEs
—years active
About this actor
Former Tesla Autopilot engineer named as defendant in a civil trade- secret suit after admitting he uploaded Autopilot source code to his personal iCloud before resigning to join XPeng's US subsidiary; suit settled in April 2021 with a confidential token payment and a neutral expert finding no Tesla code in XPeng's ADAS.
How we know this
- Data origin
- Curated overlay Insider-threat entry synthesised from public reporting and court filings — not a MITRE-tracked intrusion set.
- Techniques
- No ATT&CK techniques mapped.
- Named victims
- 1 extracted from reporting.
Thin data: No ATT&CK techniques are mapped yet — the behavioural profile is empty. Only one named victim is on file.
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Activity timeline
No activity events recorded.
Profile
| CVE | Risk | CVSS | EPSS | Published | Products |
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No techniques attributed.
Co-occurring actors
None.