Toyota suspends Japan factory operations after suspected cyberattack
- Firm will halt work on Tuesday – possibly longer – at its 14 plants in Japan, which make about a third of its global production, after parts supplier hit
- Japan’s government investigating incident and whether Russia is involved; comes just after Japan joined Western allies in clamping down on Russia
Toyota Motor Corp said it will suspend domestic factory operations on Tuesday, losing around 13,000 cars of output, after a supplier of plastic parts and electronic components was hit by a suspected cyberattack.
No information was immediately available about who was behind the possible attack or the motive. The attack comes just after Japan joined Western allies in clamping down on Russia after it invaded Ukraine, although it was not clear if the attack was at all related.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said his government would investigate the incident and whether Russia was involved.
“It is difficult to say whether this has anything to do with Russia before making thorough checks,” he told reporters.
An official at the supplier, Kojima Industries Corp, said it appeared to have been the victim of some kind of cyberattack.
