Breach Record

Toyota

DISCLOSED 2023-06-01 · MISCONFIG

Toyota disclosed a data breach caused by cloud configuration issues that led to years-long exposure of vehicle and customer information. The misconfiguration allowed unauthorized access to sensitive data. The breach highlights risks associated with improper cloud security settings.

The record

What we know

Disclosed

2023-06-01

Attack vector

Misconfig

Sector

automotive

Country

Japan

Data classes exposed

vehicle informationcustomer information

ColdRecon assessment

Could a positive-security control have prevented this?

Verdict · would prevent · opinion

A positive-security model that enforces known-good cloud configurations could have prevented the misconfiguration that exposed the data.

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Sources

Cited reporting

↗ www.securityweek.com (2023-06-01)

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