Japanese car making giant Toyota’s operations in home country came to standstill on Tuesday with the company suspending its production in assembly plants.
The operations were suspended in all its assembly plants in Japan due to system failure.
The company has not yet confirmed whether it is a cyber attack. The spokesperson told BBC that they are accessing the situation and currently they do not believe the glitch is due to a cyber attack.
However, the exact reason for the failure is yet to known. Reportedly, the company was not able to access the computer systems and could not place any orders due to the malfunction.
The operations at all its 14 assembly plants were suspended on Tuesday morning. The move will hit the domestic output of the world's biggest car maker by sales.
The company is yet to inform when they would restart the operations.
The total assembly plants in Japan is estimated to account for around a third of Toyota's global production, reported BBC.
Last year, its operations were hit after one of its suppliers was affected due to cyber attack. The operations were resumed using a back-up network. Also, Covid-19 lockdown in China’s Shanghai had made Toyota to suspend its operations in Japan.
"Due to the impact of the semiconductor shortage, we announced out revised production plan for May," said Toyota then.