Security News > 2022 > February > Toyota halts production after reported cyberattack on supplier
Giant Japanese automaker Toyota Motors has announced that it stopped car production operations.
Toyota said today that the incident caused it to decide to suspend the operation of 28 production lines in 14 plants in Japan, starting tomorrow, Tuesday, March 1, 2022.
The expected impact is a 5% drop in Toyota's monthly production in Japan, which translates to roughly 13,000 units.
Toyota's subsidiaries Daihatsu Motors and Hino Motors will also halt production but the exact impact on them hasn't been clarified.
An official with knowledge about the incident at Kojima Industries told local media that the company "Appears to have been hit by the cyberattack" and that the top priority is to resume Toyota's production.
Whatever caused the Kojima supply disruption, Toyota's once advantageous JIT system proves to be a weakness in today's production landscape, which is connected to a volatile cyberspace.