Suspected cyberattack on parts supplier forces Toyota to shut down Japan plants

Toyota said Monday that it was suspending operations at all 14 of its plants in Japan after a domestic supplier of parts, Kojima Industries Corp., was hit by a suspected cyberattack. Toyota described it as a “system failure” at Kojima in a short statement posted online. A Kojima spokesperson told ABC News that the company was working to fix the problem, which essentially blocked the company’s computers from communicating with Toyota. “We are not sure yet if it is a …

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