Toyota Motor

Disclosed Oct 7, 2022296,019 affectedConfirmed

T-Connect source code on GitHub exposed 296,019 customer emails for five years

Toyota said a subcontractor uploaded part of the T-Connect website source code, including a data server access key, to a public GitHub repository in 2017. Up to 296,019 email addresses and customer management numbers could have been accessed until the key was changed in September 2022.

What is known

People affected	296,019 (as reported by the organization)
Disclosed	Oct 7, 2022
Attack	Exposed data
Data exposed	EmailsOther
Sector	Manufacturing · JP
Status	Confirmed

Sources

The organizationglobal.toyota

Toyota statement on possible leak of customer email addresses (October 7, 2022)

Newstechcrunch.com

Toyota exposed 300,000 customer email addresses for 5 years

Notices filed

TotalOct 7, 2022

Research296,019 people

Other breaches at Toyota Motor

Cloud misconfiguration exposed vehicle data of 2.15 million Toyota customers for a decadeExposed data exposed emails and location data.Exposed data2.1M affectedManufacturingJPUnverifiedMay 12, 2023

History of this record

Added2026-09-25

First recordedby seedSource

First seen 2026-09-25 (Research), confirmed by Research. Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.

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