Production at all of Toyota’s plants in Japan was shutdown for one day becasue of a cyber-attack on one if its suppliers
Toyota suspended 28 lines at 14 plants. Subsidiaries Hino Motors and Daihatsu Motor will also halt operations at some Japanese plants on Tuesday.
The shutdown includes a Daihatsu plant in Kyoto Prefecture. The halt is expected to lower output by a few hundred vehicles.
This comes as Toyota’s productive capacity has been hit significantly by the global semiconductor shortage. Japanese factories represent roughly one-third of Toyota’s annual production.
Supply issues were expected to reduce vehicle production in North America in January to 50,000 units due to supply chain issues.
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