Toyota to shut down Japanese factories
Toyota will shut down all 14 of its factories in Japan on Tuesday after a possible cyber-attack.
News site Nikkei, which first reported the shutdown, said supplier Kojima Industries Corporation suspected it had been hit by a cyber-attack, causing a halt in production.
Japanese factories account for about a third of Toyota’s production.
It told the Wall Street Journal it did not know whether the factories would remain closed beyond Tuesday.Toyota is the world’s best selling carmaker.
Its production target for this year is 8.5 million vehicles.And the closure will reportedly set this back by about 13,000 cars.