Toyota Australia has disclosed a potential data breach.

Toyota has revealed a potential data breach in Australia that may have exposed the vehicle data and personal information of some of its customers due to a human error in the configuration of a cloud storage system. 

The company says that the data, including names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and vehicle identification and registration numbers, might have been publicly accessible between October 2016 and May 2023.

This incident follows an earlier revelation this month that the vehicle data of over 2 million Toyota users in Japan had been accessible for nearly a decade due to a similar human error. 

Initially, Toyota stated that Australian customers were unaffected, but the company later retracted that statement, clarifying that a small number of Australian records had been impacted. However, no personal financial details were made public.

“Our investigations have found no evidence of data access, and we believe the probability of any third party accessing it is extremely low,” a Toyota Australia spokesperson said. 

The company has assured that no personal financial details were compromised, but it acknowledged the concerns of its customers. 

Toyota says it is actively reaching out to the affected customers to provide them with further guidance on the situation.

While the specific number of affected customers in other countries in Asia and Oceania was not disclosed, Toyota confirmed that investigations were underway based on the respective laws and regulations of each country.