Lucid Motors

THE ANATOMY OF A COMPROMISED ARCHITECTURE: LUCID’S SECRETS ARE UNRAVELED

We have observed that you have chosen to hide behind your silence while assuring your shareholders that “everything is under control.” You appear to believe that by remaining silent and buying time, the value of the stolen data will gradually diminish. You have miscalculated. We have no intention of burning all of our leverage at once. We understand how to play chess.

TO THE ARROGANT MANAGEMENT OF LUCID MOTORS AND THE INVESTORS WHO HAVE BEEN MISLED BY THE COMPANY’S SILENCE:

We have observed that you have chosen to hide behind your silence while assuring your shareholders that “everything is under control.” You appear to believe that by remaining silent and buying time, the value of the stolen data will gradually diminish. You have miscalculated. We have no intention of burning all of our leverage at once. We understand how to play chess.

Today, we released a new package to demonstrate that our access extends far beyond chassis and vehicle design. We have access to the underlying technical intelligence and proprietary business information behind your vehicles. We have publicly released download links containing portions of your autonomous-driving and ADAS/LiDAR testing code, critical electronic-system firmware, and, most significantly, your complete confidential supply-chain and component-pricing information, including BOM data.

For your competitors:

Every major automaker can now see which suppliers you source your components from and the prices you pay for them. Effective immediately, your supply chain is no longer exclusively yours.

For the global security research and threat community:

Vehicle-system binaries and firmware are now publicly accessible. From this point forward, researchers around the world can examine these components for potential attack surfaces and vulnerabilities affecting your vehicle-control systems. Prepare yourselves for the possibility of billion-dollar consequences.

LUCID MOTORS:

We have still not released the core information relating to your powertrain systems or the proprietary battery-cell formulations upon which billions of dollars of your corporate value depend. What you have seen so far is only a small sample, intended to demonstrate what the real consequences of this situation could look like.

We respect your business, but only on the condition that you respect the extent of our access. This package is a serious warning. The countdown to the next release of the core battery-related data has already begun. Our communication channel remains open. Either set aside your misplaced arrogance and address the consequences of your decisions, or watch as the next package exposes the technological core of Lucid’s electric-vehicle platform to the public.

THE CHOICE IS YOURS: NEGOTIATION OR GRADUAL DISMANTLING?