Earlier, we reported that Toyota, Japan's number one automaker, was forced to shut down operations at 12 of its plants on Tuesday morning due to a system malfunction. That shutdown later expanded to all 14 plants.
According to Nikkei Asia, operations at the 12 factories situated in Aichi prefecture, where Toyota's headquarters are located, will recommence Wednesday morning. The Miyata factory in Fukuoka and the Kyoto facility belonging to its entirely owned subsidiary Daihatsu, which also assembles Toyota cars, will restart operations post-noon.
Out of 28 production lines at these 14 Japanese plants, 25 lines at 12 factories were closed since the morning. Updated data indicates that two lines at the Miyata facility in Fukuoka and one line at Daihatsu's Kyoto plant continued to operate.
While Toyota is actively probing the reason behind the system failure, current evidence doesn't suggest that it was the result of a cyberattack. For context, a cyberattack on parts supplier Kojima Industries led to a complete halt in production at all Toyota factories in March 2022.