Toyota will suspend production in Japan on March 1 due to a suspected cyberattack on one of its major suppliers. The automaker is expected to lose 13,000 units of output as a result of the action.
Toyota will idle all of its production lines in Japan on Tuesday after one of its suppliers was shut down by a suspected cyberattack."Due to a system failure at a domestic supplier , we have decided to suspend the operation of 28 lines at 14 plants in Japan on Tuesday, March 1st . We apologize to our relevant suppliers and customers for any inconvenience this may cause," the automaker said in a news release.
Kojima said an error was detected in its computer server system and suspected the issue was due to a cyberattack, which has left the system unable to monitor production and communicate with Toyota. "This has never happened before," Takayama said. "We are not sure yet if it is a cyberattack, but we suspect it might be one."Kojima supplies Toyota with a number of plastic and electronic components.
Approximately 13,000 vehicles will not be built as a result of the production suspension, according to Reuters.