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Incident file · 2022

Toyota (Kojima Industries)

Manufacturing · Japan · Threat actor: Unattributed ransomware crew

Supply chain
Ransom refused
Undisclosed
Ransom demanded
No
Ransom paid
1 day
Estimated downtime
US$375m
Est. revenue lost

What happened

A ransomware hit on a plastic parts supplier forced Toyota to stop all 14 domestic plants for a day.

How it ended

No ransom paid; roughly 13,000 vehicles of output were lost and recovered later.

Data affected

Supplier production systems

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