Toyota says customer data in some countries in Asia and Oceania may be leaked, including names, addresses, phone numbers, etc.

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizens for the delivery of clues about the past. CTOnews.com, May 31 (Reuters)-Toyota said on Wednesday that customer information in some countries in Asia and Oceania may be allowed to be accessed publicly between October 2016 and May 2023 due to incorrect cloud settings.

Toyota said that publicly accessible customer information includes names, addresses, phone numbers, e-mail addresses and vehicle identification and registration numbers.

CTOnews.com noted that this is not the first time Toyota has had a data breach. Toyota confirmed in 2022 that data from nearly 300000 customers, including e-mail addresses and customer management numbers assigned by Toyota to each customer, were leaked online after a company developer posted T-Connect source code on GitHub.

In addition, in a statement on May 12, 2023, Toyota revealed that due to "misconfiguration of the cloud environment", customer data in Japan has been publicly accessible since 2012. Due to human error, the cloud system is mistakenly set to public rather than private, resulting in the disclosure of vehicle location information and vehicle equipment identification numbers.