Japan’s largest taxi operator shuts systems after cyberattack
Nihon Kotsu, the biggest taxi firm in Japan, declared that a cyberattack had infiltrated its systems, forcing it to shut down a portion of its infrastructure.
The event affected activities, including the company's cab dispatch system, which is still down as of right now. It happened over the weekend, early on Saturday morning.
With an annual income of about $1 billion (¥155 billion), Nihon Kotsu is the biggest taxi and chauffeur (rental) operator in Japan based on group revenue.
The company runs a fleet of 8,558 taxis and almost 2,000 chauffeur vehicles, and it employs 18,228 people. According to Nihon Kotsu's announcement (automatic translation), "We have confirmed that our internal systems were subjected to unauthorized external access (malware infection)."
We took emergency...