TOYOTA Data Breach – Hackers Group Leaked 240 GB of Sensitive Data Online
The US subsidiaries of Toyota Motor Corporation has reportedly fallen victim to a massive data theft, with around 240GB of confidential information being illegally leaked. The data theft, allegedly carried out by the notorious hacker group ZeroSevenGroup, exposed a wide range of data, posing serious security risks to the auto giant and its shareholders. Details of the data theft According to Secure Xplore report, the leaked data, now available on a well-known data theft forum, includes personal and professional contact details, financial records, customer profiles, business plans, employee information, and more. The hackers claim to have accessed Toyota's internal systems, explaining, "We hacked a branch office of the world's largest automaker (Toyota) in the United States. The data allegedly includes everything from photos and databases to network details." To make matters worse, the hackers also released a tool called AD-Recon, which performs a detailed inspec...