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The headline is accurate, and not click bait IMO. No where did they imply Toyota was hit, however to believe it is any less serious because a Supplier was hit
by syshum 5y ago
The headline is accurate, and not click bait IMO.
No where did they imply Toyota was hit, however to believe it is any less serious because a Supplier was hit vs them directly shows ignorance of how manufacturing works
Supply Chain attacks are very serious and are how a lot of malware is moving because the primary targets are getting very good at preventing direct attacks however supplier are often overlooked as an attack vector, and even if they are aware of the risk, that risk is often very much understated
- mherrmann 5y agoI think it's clickbait. I immediately thought Toyota was hacked.
- kerneloftruth 5y agoA supplier was hit, so they suspended domestic (i.e. Japanese) production. The title is actually a good encapsulation, and not at all click bait. Gotta celebrate these rare times when it's a legit title.
- mherrmann 5y ago... after suspected cyber attack of a supplier would have been non-clickbait. As it is, it fooled me and so I say it's clickbait.
- sschueller 5y agoAll they had to do is add 2 words ("on supplier") but decided not too probably to make it sound like Toyota, a billion dollar company doesn't have good cyber security.
- pooper 5y agoI would even feel better about adding one more word "some" as in Toyota suspends some domestic factory operations because by default it sounds like it suspends all domestic factory operations. I agree. The title is click bait.
- jjulius 5y ago>The title is actually a good encapsulation, and not at all click bait. I, too, thought it was an attack on Toyota based on the title. I see where you're coming from in saying that it's not, but because many of us have stated that we were confused by the title, I don't think it's fair to say that it's "not at all" click bait. It is, at least just a teensy bit.
- samatman 5y agoThe dividing line should be whether the headline is misleading, rather than confusing. If everything about an article could be encapsulated in a headline there would be no need for articles. Was there a cyberattack? Yes. Did Toyota suspend domestic factory operations after it? Also yes. I'm content.
- cronix 5y ago"Toyota suspends domestic factory operations after suspected cyber attack on supplier" would be far more accurate
- tiahura 5y agoThe headline is misleading. “Toyota halts Japan production after supplier hit by cyberattack” isn’t. https://www.autonews.com/automakers-suppliers/toyota-halts-japan-production-after-supplier-hit-cyberattack https://www.autonews.com/automakers-suppliers/toyota-halts-j... Moreover, geopolitically, there is a HUGE difference between random plastic company being a random extortion victim, and Japan’s largest company being the target of Putin’s retaliation.
- syshum 5y agoYou have made a large amount of assumptions that it was a random supplier and it was a random extortion Not saying it was not, but the idea that only Russia would attack Toyota directly, and only random attacker hi suppliers is not true
- tiahura 5y agoI’m not making any assumptions- that’s the whole point. We don’t know if it was random or not. The original headline suggested Toyota was the direct target. If that was so, it would be some evidence that it was retaliation. But, Toyota wasn’t directly targeted, so the headline is misleading.
- criticaltinker 5y agoYou two are talking past each other, at this point it’s just semantics. > Toyota wasn’t directly targeted GP is trying to say this is the assumption you’re making. Supply chain attacks can be a clever way to disguise a direct target as an indirect one. I agree with you though, the headline could be more clear.
- Melatonic 5y agoYeah I think this situation is more nuanced and we will probably find out more later. Supply chains are certainly very valid ways to attach an entity even if the supplier is not technically part of that entity. If someone were to attack a major private utility in the US, for example electricity, they would not be directly attacking the US Government but I do not think most would find a title similar to this being clickbait.