Toyota Says About 296,000 Pieces Of Customer Info Possibly Leaked
Date
10/7/2022 5:13:05 PM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
Toyota Motor Corp said on Friday it had found that about 296,000
pieces of customer information from its T-Connect service might
have been leaked, reports with reference to .
Toyota said 296,019 email addresses and customer numbers of
those using T-Connect, a telematics service that connects vehicles
via a network, were potentially leaked. The affected customers are
individuals who signed up to the service's website using their
email addresses since July 2017.
A third party access could not be confirmed from the access
history of the data server where the information was stored based
on security experts' investigation, Toyota said in a statement.
At the same time, it added that third-party access 'could not be
completely ruled out.'
There was no possibility, though, that users' sensitive personal
information, such as names, phone numbers or credit card
information, were leaked, Toyota said.
The Japanese automaker did not confirm cases of the information
being misused but cautioned that there is a possibility of
spamming, phishing scams and unsolicited email messages being sent
to the users' email addresses.
The automaker said a contractor that developed the T-Connect
website accidentally uploaded parts of the source code with public
settings from December 2017 until Sept. 15 this year.
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