Toyota Vietnam confirmed being attacked by hackers

Yesterday (February 29, 2019), Toyota Vietnam Company issued a notice on its website toyotavn.com.vn confirming that the company's computer system was attacked by hackers and may have been accessed. Unauthorized access to some customer data.

Toyota Vietnam said it has reported to authorities for coordination.

If data of Japanese carmakers in Vietnam is accessed, a large number of customers including individuals, partners and businesses, up to hundreds of thousands of people of the company may be affected.

Latest information from Toyota Vietnam, until now there is no evidence of data loss. However, one of the top goals of hackers in attacks is data.

Last February, Toyota Australia also issued a notice about detecting signs that the servers and computers in the company were illegally compromised. After the investigation, the company confirmed the hacker did not access the customer database.