According to the company, around 296,000 pieces of Client Information were compromised
Toyota reported on Friday that users of its smartphone app may have had their personal information compromised.
According to Reuters, around 296,000 pieces of client information from the T-Connect service, which connects consumers to their cars, may have been leaked. Toyota issued a statement warning customers that they may receive spam, phishing scams, or unsolicited email communications to their email accounts.
Customers who joined up for the service using their emails beginning in July 2017 are among those affected by the leak. The Japanese manufacturer stated that a total of 296,019 email addresses and customer numbers were likely leaked, but that sensitive information such as customer names, phone numbers, and credit card information were not compromised. Toyota has also not documented any instances of leaked consumer information being abused.
Toyota states that from December 2017 to September 15 of this year, a contractor who developed the T-Connect website unintentionally submitted sections of the source code with public settings. According to preliminary investigations, the carmaker has not discovered third-party access to the data server where the information was stored. According to the corporation, the investigations have not yet ruled out the worst-case scenario.
Car apps, according to experts, put users' personal information at risk. Researchers at the cybersecurity firm Kaspersky produced a report in May claiming that more than half of these applications exploit consumers' personal information without their authorization and that these apps are prone to security breaches.
If you drive a Toyota, you should be extra cautious while cleaning out your inbox for the time being.
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SOURCE: gizmodo
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