Toyota Motor Corporation

Toyota Motor Corporation

A data breach revealed by Toyota Motor Corporation exposed information on more than 2 million consumers over ten years.

A misconfigured database that was open to everyone without authentication was the source of the data breach.

The security breach impacted customers who used the company’s T-Connect G-Link, G-Link Lite, or G-BOOK services.

Exposed records include customer names, credit card data, and phone numbers have not been compromised as they weren’t stored in the exposed database.

Source: https://securityaffairs.com/146178/data-breach/toyota-10-years-data-breach.html

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/toyota

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"linkid": "toyota",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "05/2023",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"
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                        'industry': 'Automotive',
                        'name': 'Toyota Motor Corporation',
                        'type': 'Corporation'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Misconfigured Database',
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                'A misconfigured database that was open to everyone without '
                'authentication was the source of the data breach. The '
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                'T-Connect G-Link, G-Link Lite, or G-BOOK services. Exposed '
                'records include customer names, credit card data, and phone '
                'numbers have not been compromised as they weren’t stored in '
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            'systems_affected': ['T-Connect G-Link', 'G-Link Lite', 'G-BOOK']},
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 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Open database without authentication'}
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