Toyota's Decade-Long Data Leak Exposes 2 Million Customers' Vehicle Information.
Toyota disclosed a data breach that exposed the car-location information of 2.15 million customers for ten years due to a database misconfiguration that allowed anyone to access its contents without a password. The exposed information includes the in-vehicle GPS navigation terminal ID number, the chassis number, and vehicle location information with time data. While there is no evidence that the data was misused, unauthorized users could have accessed the historical data and possibly the real-time location of Toyota cars. Toyota has promised to send individual apology notices to impacted customers and set up a dedicated call center to handle their queries and requests.
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