Security News > 2022 > February > Toyota to Close Japan Plants After Suspected Cyberattack

Toyota doesn't know how long the 14 plants will be unplugged.

Reuters reported that within hours of Japan having joined Western allies in blocking some Russian banks from accessing the SWIFT international payment system and committing to giving Ukraine $100 million in emergency aid, a spokesperson at Toyota supplier Kojima Industries Corp. said that it had apparently been hit by "Some kind of cyber attack."

Kojima supplies plastic parts and electronic components to Toyota.

The shutdown will also reportedly affect some of the plants operated by Toyota affiliates Hino Motors and Daihatsu.

If the incident does turn out to be a cyberattack, it wouldn't be the first to affect Toyota.

Rather, Toyota makes cars one at a time, eschewing the stockpiling of parts and instead using supplier-provided parts in its production line as soon as they arrive.

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