Toyota plastic parts supplier Kojima Industries (Kojima) has suffered a cyberattack that forced Toyota Motors to suspend the operation of 28 production lines across 14 plants in Japan for a day. The disruption is expected to result in a 5% monthly drop (13,000 units) in Japanese production. Recently, the company announced it would restart domestic production.
On February 26, Kojima discovered an error at one of its file servers. After rebooting the server, it confirmed the company was infected with a virus and found a threatening message written in English. At this time, there is no information on the culprit or the motive.