Toyota's Indian unit warns of a possible customer data breach (updated)

Kirloskar Industries

01/01/2023 15:27

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       Jan 1 (Reuters) - A data breach at Toyota Motor's
 7203.T  Indian business might have exposed some customers'
personal information, it said on Sunday.
    Toyota India said it has notified the relevant Indian
authorities of the data breach at Toyota Kirloskar Motor, a
joint venture with Indian conglomerate Kirloskar Group
 KIRL.NS . 
    "Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) has been notified by one of
its service providers of an incident that might have exposed
personal information of some of TKM’s customers on the
internet", TKM said in an emailed statement without disclosing
the size of the data breach or number of customers affected.
    An unrelated issue at Toyota Motor's T-Connect service
potentially leaked about 296,000 pieces of customer information,
it said last October.
 (Reporting by Mrinmay Dey in Bengaluru
Editing by David Goodman)
 ((Mrinmay.Dey@thomsonreuters.com;))