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For one day, the Japanese auto giant will “lock down” its 14 factories in its country because of a “form of cyberattack”. This will affect the production of 13,000 vehicles.
For now, Toyota has suspended production in Japan for just one day, having planned to provide an update on the situation on Tuesday.
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Global auto giant Toyota announced on Monday that it will suspend production at its 14 factories in Japan on Tuesday due to a “system failure” at a local supplier, which was caused by a cyberattack, according to sources. Japanese media.
A Toyota spokeswoman did not confirm that it was a cyberattack, arguing that the problem came from a third-party company, whose name she did not want to give. “It is true that we have been hit by a form of cyberattack,” a source close to a local Toyota supplier, Kojima Industries, told the business daily “Nikkei”. “We are still assessing the damage, with the number one priority of getting Toyota’s production system back up and running as quickly as possible.”
The point will be made on Tuesday
For now, Toyota has suspended production in Japan for just one day, having planned to review the situation on Tuesday, according to the group’s spokeswoman. This suspension will affect the production of “about 13,000 vehicles” for the day on Tuesday, she said.
Toyota had already been forced several times in recent months to lower its production targets, due to disruptions in supply chains and the global shortage of semiconductors.
(AFP)