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Breach Record

Toyota Motor

DISCLOSED 2023-06-06 · MISCONFIG

Toyota Motor experienced a data breach caused by a cloud misconfiguration that exposed vehicle data and customer information for over eight years. The breach was discovered in June 2023. No ransomware or endpoint compromise was involved.

The record

What we know

Disclosed
2023-06-06
Attack vector
Misconfig
Sector
automotive
Data classes exposed
vehicle datacustomer information
ColdRecon assessment

Could a positive-security control have prevented this?

Verdict · no · opinion

A positive-security allowlist model would not prevent a cloud misconfiguration that exposes data directly, as it does not involve unauthorized code execution or endpoint changes.

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Sources

Cited reporting

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