August 20, 2024 at 05:22PM
Toyota confirmed a third-party data breach exposing customer data. While initially saying their systems were not breached, a spokesperson later clarified that the data came from a misrepresented third-party entity. The leaked data includes customer and employee details, contracts, and financial information. This follows previous incidents of data breaches at Toyota.
Based on the meeting notes, the key takeaways are:
1. Toyota confirmed that customer data was exposed in a third-party data breach, but clarified that their own systems were not breached or compromised.
2. A threat actor, ZeroSevenGroup, claims to have breached a U.S. branch and stolen 240GB of files containing information on Toyota employees, customers, contracts, and financial information.
3. The threat actor stated that the stolen data includes customer information, financial data, network infrastructure details, and other sensitive information.
4. Toyota has faced previous data breaches in the past, including incidents involving ransomware attacks and database misconfigurations leading to the exposure of customer information.
5. The company has implemented measures such as automated monitoring of cloud configurations and database settings to prevent future data leaks.