Jaguar Land Rover cyber attack cost company nearly 200 million

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"A cyber attack on Jaguar Land Rover cost it nearly 200 million, the company has announced. The UK's largest car manufacturer said it has made strong progress in recovering its operations at pace since the attack. JLR stopped production across its UK factories for five weeks from September 1 after being targeted by hackers a day earlier. All of the group's manufacturing sites including factories in Solihull, West Midlands, and Halewood, Merseyside restarted operations last month."

The Independent covers topics from reproductive rights to climate change and Big Tech, producing documentary work and investigative reporting such as examinations of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC. The outlet asks for donations to fund reporters on the ground, maintain paywall-free access, and send journalists to speak to both sides of stories, arguing that quality journalism should be paid by those who can afford it. Jaguar Land Rover disclosed a cyber attack that cost nearly 200 million and forced a five-week production halt across UK factories from September 1. JLR reported an underlying loss of 485 million in the second quarter and a 134 million loss for the six months to the end of September; prior period profits were nearly 400 million and 1.1 billion respectively. Adrian Mardell is JLR's chief executive.

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