Suspected cyberattack causes major disruption for Toyota

Toyota has suspended operations after a suspected cybercat on all its suppliers in all its factories in Japan.

The world's top-bound automeker announced on Monday evening that 28 lines in its 14 domestic factories, which are responsible for about one third of Toyota's global production, will be closed at least on Tuesday, which would cause damage to about 13,000 vehicles.

The suspected cyberlack targeted the Kojima industries, which supplies Toyota with electronic components and plastic parts. Some details about the specific nature of the attack have been released.

In a small statement on your website, Toyota Said: “We apologize to our relevant suppliers and customers for any inconvenience.

Investigators are currently trying to learn more about the incident and what was a specific purpose. It joined the countries banned after the invasion of Ukraine on Russia a few hours after Japan joined the growing countries. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida confirmed that his government is trying to determine whether Russia was involved, according to A. Asahi shimbun Report.

Toyota, like most vehicle manufacturers, depends on the method of a fair time of manufacturing, where the supply chain operates on an extremely tight schedule to operate factories at maximum efficiency. This means that direct parts are distributed to the production line instead of the store. As a result of running such a tightly controlled operation, even a small obstruction to the supply chain can cause significant and rapid disruption.

Car manufacturer and rival firms as Toyota's latest production crisis continue to fight with the disruption of the supply chain due to lack of a global chip that began during the epidemic. In December, the Japanese car giant announced that as a result of the lack, it would suspend operations on seven domestic production lines in five factories in the first month of 2022.