Data of 2+ Million Toyota Customers Is Public!

One of the most preferred automotive brands in Turkey. Toyota There was a controversial development. It turned out that Toyota has stored the data of some of its customers in a database that has no protection for years. Toyota officials, who made statements on the subject, said that the database misconfiguration. because of announced that there was such a problem.

According to Toyota’s statement Data of 2.15 million customershas not been preserved so far. These data covered the period from 6 November 2013 to 17 April 2023. This security vulnerability, caused by the infotainment screen in the vehicles, prevents Toyota owners from accessing their location and other infotainment data. made it clear.

The source of the problem revealed: Toyota’s infotainment system

According to Toyota’s statement, the database of the infotainment system, called G-BOOK, was accidentally configured as public, which technically allowed user data to be stored. accessible to all led to Meanwhile; in addition to the individual data of the users, chassis numbers Let’s point out that the GPS data are also in the same database.

“I own a Toyota. What should I do?”

If you have a Toyota vehicle between the dates we mentioned at the beginning of our news, or if you are already using a Toyota, it is something to worry about. out of question. Because Toyota created the G-BOOK system especially for the Japanese domestic market. Currently, models sold in Turkey do not have such a system. In addition, even if it was found, Toyota did the necessary work after detecting the security vulnerability and accessed the database from outside. blocked.