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Toyota to close Japanese factories after suspected cyber-attack

 Toyota will shut down all 14 of its manufactories in Japan on Tuesday after a possiblecyber-attack. 

Toyota Cyber-attack

 News point Nikkei, which first reported the arrestment, said supplier Kojima Diligence Corporation suspected it had been hit by acyber-attack, causing a halt in product. 

Japanese manufactories regard for about a third of Toyota's product. 

 It told the Wall Street Journal it didn't know whether the manufactories would remain unrestricted beyond Tuesday. 

'System failure'

Toyota is the world's stylish selling carmaker. 

 Its product target for this time is8.5 million vehicles. 

And the check will reportedly set this reverse by about buses. 

"Due to a system failure at a supplier in Japan, we've decided to suspend the operation of 28 lines at all 14 domestic shops", Toyota told news agency AFP. 

Like other manufacturers, Toyota's product has been hit by the globalsemi-conductor deficit. 

 The arrestment included some shops operated by Toyota- combined Hino Motors and Daihatsu Motor, Reuters reported.