Jaguar Land Rover staff told to stay home after cyber-attack

"Jaguar Land Rover has told its factory staff to stay home until at least next Tuesday as it continues to deal with the effects of a cyber-attack. The carmaker has had to stop production at its factories in Merseyside and the West Midlands after hackers infiltrated its systems. Production workers in Halewood on Merseyside and Solihull in the West Midlands and at JLR's engine manufacturing site in Wolverhampton have now been told to stay away until 9 September."

"The UK's biggest car manufacturer, owned by India's Tata group, halted production at the sites after discovering the breach on Sunday. It has since said its global operations had been severely disrupted by the cyber incident. While there was no evidence that any customer data had been taken, JLR said it had decided to shut down its systems to mitigate the impact of the hack."

Jaguar Land Rover halted production at Halewood, Solihull and Wolverhampton and told factory staff to stay home until at least 9 September after a cyber-attack infiltrated its systems. The breach was discovered on Sunday and forced the company to shut down systems to mitigate further impact. Global operations have been severely disrupted, though there is no evidence customer data was taken. The attack has disrupted new-vehicle deliveries and repairs by preventing dealerships and garages from ordering parts online. The incident adds pressure amid existing challenges from US tariffs and weak consumer confidence. Hackers claiming links to groups such as Scattered Spider, Lapsus$ and ShinyHunters posted screenshots online.

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