Toyota to suspend all domestic factory operation in Japan after cyberattack: Nikkei

TOKYO: Toyota Motor Corp will suspend all domestic factory operations after a supplier suffered a cyberattack, the...
28 Feb, 2022

TOKYO: Toyota Motor Corp will suspend all domestic factory operations after a supplier suffered a cyberattack, the Nikkei daily newspaper reported on Monday.

A Toyota spokesperson said it is still checking the status of operations.

One of Toyota's suppliers, Kojima Industries Corporation, was hit by the attack, the newspaper reported.

An official at Kojima Industries Corporation was not immediately available to comment.

Suspending all domestic factory operations for a day is estimated to affect more than 10,000 units, or about 5% of Toyota's monthly production in Japan, the newspaper reported.

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