Jaguar Land Rover production severely hit by cyber-attack

"Jaguar Land Rover says a cyber-attack has "severely disrupted" vehicle production as well as its retail operation. The firm, which is owned by India's Tata Motors, says it took immediate action to lessen the effect of the hack and is working quickly to restart operations. There was no evidence any customer data had been stolen, it said. The attack began on Sunday"

""JLR has been impacted by a cyber incident. We took immediate action to mitigate its impact by proactively shutting down our systems. "We are now working at pace to restart our global applications in a controlled manner. "At this stage there is no evidence any customer data has been stolen but our retail and production activities have been severely disrupted""

Jaguar Land Rover experienced a cyber-attack that severely disrupted vehicle production and retail operations. The company proactively shut down IT systems after detecting the attack in progress to limit damage and is working quickly to restart global applications in a controlled manner. Workers at the Halewood plant were sent home and told not to come in, affecting deliveries timed to the new registration plate period. There is currently no evidence of customer data being stolen. The perpetrators remain unknown. The incident compounds recent financial pressures after a profit slump blamed on rising costs and US tariffs.

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