Toyota says some customers in Asia, Oceania face risk of data leak


FILE PHOTO The Toyota logo is seen at its booth during a media day for the Auto Shanghai show in Shanghai China April 19 2021. REUTERSAly SongFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: The Toyota logo is seen at its booth during a media day for the Auto Shanghai show in Shanghai, China April 19, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo

TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp said on Wednesday that information on customers in some countries in Oceania and Asia, excluding Japan, may have been left publicly accessible from October 2016 to May 2023.

Customer information that may have been accessible externally included names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and vehicle identification and registration numbers, the company said.

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