£1.9bn price tag makes JLR Britain’s most expensive cyber attack October 22, 2025 The cyber attack on Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has been estimated to cost the UK around £1.9bn, in what experts are calling the most economically damaging hack in British history. Research from the Cyber Monitoring Centre (CMC), a non-profit group that tracks major cyber incidents, found that around 5,000 organisations across the country were affected [...]
British chipmaker Ensilica becomes latest victim of Jaguar Land Rover cyberattack October 16, 2025 British chipmaker Ensilica is thought to have become the latest supplier to Jaguar Land Rover to take a hit from the carmaker’s cyberattack, as the firm cut its supply expectations for the forthcoming year. The Oxford-based business saw its shares tumble on Thursday after it revised down its revenue expectations to £28-30m for the year [...]
Jaguar Land Rover production to restart October 7, 2025 Manufacturing at Jaguar Land Rover will partially restart as soon as Wednesday, the firm has said, a month and a half after a crippling cyberattack forced the UK’s largest carmaker to halt its production line. In a statement released on Tuesday, the Tata Motors-owned car brand confirmed that a phased restart at two of its [...]
Jaguar Land Rover restarts engine production after cyberattack October 6, 2025 Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has restarted manufacturing at its Wolverhampton engine plant, making a key step in recovering from its major cyberattack that forced the British automaker to halt production for over a month. The car giant confirmed it had begun a “controlled, phased restart of operations” following the attack, which hit its IT systems [...]
Jaguar Land Rover to bailout suppliers after state ‘rescue’ stalls October 5, 2025 Jaguar Land Rover is finalising a deal to lend its suppliers millions of pounds as the tax-payer backed rescue of the carmaker hit a wall. Bosses are putting the final touches to a sweeping lifeline that would see up to £500m be injected into its supply chain, which is at a standstill. The privately funded [...]
Ex-GCHQ chief: No company should be offline for weeks after cyberattack October 3, 2025 No vigilant company should need to go offline for more than a few days after a cyberattack, the former director of GCHQ has said in comments that will pile fresh scrutiny on Jaguar Land Rover’s (JLR) preparedness before its hack left production at a standstill for over a month. Robert Hannigan, who ran the UK [...]
Jaguar Land Rover to restart some production ‘in coming days’ September 29, 2025 Jaguar Land Rover will restart some of its manufacturing operations in the coming days, the carmaker has said, over a month after it was forced to shut down its plant to deal with a brutal cyber attack that has left dozens of its suppliers on the brink of failure. In a statement released on Monday, [...]
Government guarantees Jaguar Land Rover £1.5bn loan September 28, 2025 The UK government will underwrite a £1.5bn loan guarantee to Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) in a bid to support its suppliers as cyber-attacks continue to halt production. Business Secretary, Peter Kyle said the loan, from a commercial bank, would project jobs across the UK, in particular in the West Midlands and Merseyside. The manufacturer has [...]
Labour planning rescue for Jaguar Land Rover after cyber attack September 27, 2025 The Labour government is set to announce an emergency rescue package for Jaguar Land Rover as soon as this weekend after the firm was driven into chaos following a cyber attack. Business secretary Peter Kyle has been in “intense conversations” with JLR and its parent company Tata after fears the knock-on effect of the hack [...]
The growing cost of cyber attacks: Why cyber insurance matters September 26, 2025 This year, headlines have been dominated by cyber attacks against prominent business names, causing disruptions and financial losses. But many of these businesses lacked a major tool: cyber insurance coverage. Marks & Spencer dominated the news in April and May after it was hit by a cyber attack, which forced the retail giant to suspend [...]