Nissan was targeted by the hacktivist group Anonymous in a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack in January 2016.
It took its website offline and temporarily suspended service on it to prevent further risks.
The attack was apparently initiated by Anonymous in “#OpWhales” campaign to spread awareness about the killing of dolphins in the cove in Taiji and not for any customer or consumer data.
Source: https://grahamcluley.com/nissan-took-websites-following-anonymous-ddos-attacks/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/nissan-motor-corporation
"id": "nis14398522",
"linkid": "nissan-motor-corporation",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "01/2016",
"severity": "80",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Automotive',
'name': 'Nissan',
'type': 'Corporation'}],
'attack_vector': 'Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)',
'date_detected': 'January 2016',
'description': 'Nissan was targeted by the hacktivist group Anonymous in a '
'distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack in January 2016. '
'It took its website offline and temporarily suspended service '
'on it to prevent further risks. The attack was apparently '
'initiated by Anonymous in “#OpWhales” campaign to spread '
'awareness about the killing of dolphins in the cove in Taiji '
'and not for any customer or consumer data.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': 'None',
'downtime': 'Temporary',
'systems_affected': ['Website']},
'motivation': ['Spread awareness about the killing of dolphins in Taiji'],
'response': {'containment_measures': ['Took website offline',
'Temporarily suspended service']},
'threat_actor': 'Anonymous',
'title': 'DDoS Attack on Nissan by Anonymous',
'type': 'DDoS Attack'}