(7) On Friday, Toyota confirmed the discovery of approximately 296,019 information leaks from customers of the T-Connect service. The data includes the email addresses and user numbers of the service that connects the vehicles to a network.
The automaker emphasized that the affected drivers are those who have registered on the T-Connect portal using email since July 2017. However, according to the investigation, Toyota was unable to verify whether there was third-party access where the information was stored. consists of security experts.
However, this access “cannot be completely ignored”, the vehicle manufacturer has been changed. It assures customers that names, phone numbers and credit card information cannot be leaked.
Another detail that was not confirmed by Toyota was whether the leaked data was actually misused. The company only warned of the possibility of spam, spam and phishing scams being sent to electronic addresses.
The automaker’s justification for the leak was that a contractor that developed the T-Connect service website accidentally uploaded portions of its source code with publicly available settings from December 2017 to September 15 of this year.
Source: Tec Mundo
