One of the most preferred car brands in Turkey. Toyota There was a controversial development. It turned out that Toyota has stored the data of some of its customers in a database that has not been secured for years. Toyota officials, who have made statements on the subject, said the database wrong configuration. because of announced that there was such a problem.

According to Toyota’s statement Data from 2.15 million customershas not been preserved until now. This data covers the period from November 6, 2013 to April 17, 2023. This vulnerability, caused by the infotainment screen in the vehicles, prevents Toyota owners from accessing their location and other infotainment data. made it clear.

The source of the problem revealed: Toyota’s infotainment system

According to Toyota’s statement, the infotainment system’s database, called G-BOOK, was inadvertently configured as public, which technically allowed access to user data. accessible to everyone led to In the meantime; in addition to the individual data of the users, chassis numbers Let’s point out that the GPS data is also in the same database.

“I have a Toyota. What should I do?”

If you have a Toyota vehicle between the dates we mentioned at the beginning of our news, or if you already use a Toyota, that’s something to be concerned about. absolutely not. Because Toyota made the G-BOOK system especially for the Japanese domestic market. Currently, models sold in Turkey do not have such a system. Moreover, even if found, Toyota did the necessary work after detecting the vulnerability and accessing the database from the outside. blocked.