{"id":52236,"date":"2023-06-06T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.csoonline.com\/article\/3698513\/cloud-misconfiguration-causes-massive-data-breach-at-toyota-motor.html#tk.rss_security"},"modified":"2023-06-06T09:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T09:30:00","slug":"cloud-misconfiguration-causes-massive-data-breach-at-toyota-motor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/cloud-misconfiguration-causes-massive-data-breach-at-toyota-motor\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloud misconfiguration causes massive data breach at Toyota Motor"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Japanese automaker Toyota said approximately 260,000 customers\u2019 data was exposed online due to a misconfigured cloud<\/a> environment. Along with customers in Japan, data of certain customers in Asia and Oceania was also exposed.<\/p>\n

Toyota has implemented measures to block access to the data from the outside and is investigating the matter including all cloud environments managed by Toyota Connect (TC).<\/p>\n

\u201cWe sincerely apologize to our customers and all relevant parties for any concern and inconvenience this may have caused,\u201d Toyota  said in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Following the investigation, the automobile maker has also implemented a system to monitor the cloud environment.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we believe that this incident also was caused by insufficient dissemination and enforcement of data handling rules, since our last announcement, we have implemented a system to monitor cloud configurations,\u201d Toyota said. Currently, the system is in operation to check the settings of all cloud environments and to monitor the settings on an ongoing basis.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn addition, we will work closely again with TC to explain and thoroughly enforce the rules for data handling,\u201d Toyota said in the statement.<\/p>\n