In 2019, 22-year-old Naibel Benavides Leon was killed in Miami, Florida, when she was struck down by a Tesla vehicle. The car involved in the fatal accident had Tesla's driver assistance system Autopilot engaged at the time, and Benavides Leon's loved ones have been fighting through the courts to determine who was at fault ever since. Tesla itself claimed until recently that it had lost key crash data that could elucidate an answer—right up until a hacker found it.
The hacker in question is only identified by his X handle @greentheonly, who a report from The Washington Post says has built a "robust social media following for his work recovering data from damaged Teslas and posting his findings" online. @greentheonly was apparently already consulting with the plaintiff's legal team when the crashed Tesla's physical control units were recovered from the Florida Highway Patrol in 2024.
