By Oyintari Ben
After a cyberattack at Japan’s busiest port caused a system failure and delayed work for more than two days, Toyota Motor said on Thursday that it would shut down its packaging line for components headed for export on Friday.
On Tuesday morning, a ransomware attack prevented loading and unloading containers from trailers at the port of Nagoya in central Japan, where Toyota exports most of its automobiles.
The Nagoya Harbour Transportation Authority reported that the port had largely restarted cargo operations by Thursday afternoon, a half-day later than anticipated. However, complete functionality would not be achieved until the evening.
According to Toyota, the decision to restart operations at the packing factory would depend on how well the port performs. The company expects no immediate impact on business operations at its foreign vehicle plants.
The company stated that there wouldn’t be any changes to the domestic production of finished autos.
The port authority reported that the computer system had recovered by Thursday morning. However, it had taken longer than anticipated.
