Toyota operations resume after production glitch

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【Summary】Toyota is set to resume operations at all its assembly plants in Japan after a computer system failure caused a production halt. The company initially planned to restart production at 12 plants and 25 lines, excluding two specific locations. Concerns of a cyberattack were raised, but Toyota stated it was unlikely and an investigation is underway.

FutureCar Staff Sep 06, 2023 7:11 AM PT

Toyota operations resume after production glitch

Toyota announced that it would resume operations at all 14 of its assembly plants in Japan on Wednesday. This comes after a computer system failure caused production to halt for a day. Initially, production was supposed to restart at 12 plants and 25 lines in Japan, excluding two specific plants. However, the company later decided to resume operations at all plants from the afternoon onward.

There were concerns that the production stoppage could be a result of a cyberattack. However, Toyota stated that this was unlikely and that an investigation was already underway. It is worth noting that in February of last year, the automaker experienced a similar situation when production lines came to a halt due to a cyberattack on one of its parts suppliers.