Toyota Corporation will temporarily cease operations of all auto assembly plants in Japan due to a malfunction in the production system.
According to Ukrinform he writes about it Reuters.
A Toyota spokesperson said the cause of the malfunction has yet to be determined, but “it is unlikely that it was caused by a cyberattack.” “The failure resulted in loss of ability to order parts,” the article states.
Toyota has already closed 12 of its 14 plants and will close two other plants after the second shift is complete.
In total, 14 Japanese factories provide about a third of Toyota’s global output. “Toyota is the world’s largest automaker in terms of total sales,” says Reuters.
The agency reminds that Toyota has already stopped production last year after one of the suppliers was hacked into a cyberattack. 13,000 cars failed to roll off the assembly line due to a one-day layoff.
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