Toyota Details

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    Toyota

    Toyota City, Japan • employees • Automotive

    Industry

    Automotive

    Security Incidents

    2

    Toyota Motor Corporation is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan. It was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda and incorporated on August 28, 1937.

    Security Incidents

    Toyota Breach of Dec 2022
    Severity Score
    Significant

    Type

    3rd Party Compromise

    Summary

    On December 25, 2022, Toyota’s network was breached by a threat actor identified as ZeroSevenGroup, which resulted in the leak of 240GB of sensitive data on a hacking forum. This expansive dataset included information on Toyota employees and customers, contracts, financial records, and details of the network infrastructure, including credentials. ZeroSevenGroup was noted for using the ADRecon tool to extract data from Toyota’s Active Directory environments, indicating a sophisticated method to systematically gather sensitive information.

    The compromised data is believed to have originated fro...
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    Severity

    The cyber security incident at Toyota on December 25, 2022, entailed a significant breach by the ZeroSevenGroup that resulted in the leak of 240GB of highly sensitive data, including information on employees and customers, contracts, financial records, and critical network infrastructure details. The attackers employed ADRecon to meticulously gather data from Active Directory environments, demonstrating a sophisticated level of execution. Although the exact number of affected individuals remains undisclosed, the breach's impact was considerable, encompassing critical data that could potentiall...
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    Impact

    The incident experienced by Toyota on December 25, 2022, was a significant data breach orchestrated by the ZeroSevenGroup. They managed to exfiltrate 240GB of data, leaking sensitive information on both Toyota employees and customers, including contracts, financial records, and network infrastructure details. Notably, this data breach also involved the exposure of crucial credentials due to the attackers' systematic use of the ADRecon tool to harvest information from Active Directory environments.

    Furthermore, while Toyota has not disclosed the exact methods or timeline of the breach, the aff...
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    Toyota Breach of Oct 2023
    Severity Score
    Moderate to Significant

    Type

    Unknown

    Summary

    The Toyota cyber security incident in October 2023 involved a massive data breach due to cloud misconfiguration, exposing data from October 2016 to May 2023. Approximately 2.15 million vehicle owners' information was compromised, including in-vehicle device IDs and map data updates. The breach was attributed to the misconfiguration of a database associated with Toyota's cloud services, leading to the exposure of personal information. The incident highlighted the importance of enforcing data handling rules and conducting thorough checks on all environments to safeguard data. Toyota acknowledged...
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    Severity

    The breach was severe as it involved a cloud misconfiguration that exposed sensitive information of over 2 million Toyota customers over a decade. The misconfiguration allowed access to customer data linked to cloud-based connected services between 2012 and 2023, impacting a large number of vehicle owners.

    Impact

    The breach impacted over 2 million customers by exposing their sensitive information, including location data, in-vehicle device IDs, map data updates, and updated data creation dates. This breach raised significant concerns about data privacy and security for Toyota customers who subscribed to various connected services over the years.

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