Toyota Suspends All Domestic Factory Operations Over Suspected Cyber Attack

Toyota Motor Co. said it will suspend all local factory operations on Tuesday, losing production of about 13,000 cars, after a company that supplies it with plastic parts and electronic components was subjected to a suspected cyber attack.

No information was available yet on who was behind the attack or the motive for it. The attack comes after Japan joined Western allies in clamping down on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, although it was not at all clear if the attack was linked to that.

A spokesman for the supplier, Kojima Industries Corporation, said it appeared to be some kind of cyber attack, while a Toyota spokesman described what happened as a “supply system disruption”.