The great high street outage of 2025 Retail On paper, British high streets have seen worse. Footfall has survived recessions, pandemics and price shocks before, and tills were just about still ringing. But this year it flickered, stalled and, in some cases, went dark – brought to its knees by a wave of cyber attacks that exposed the fragility of retail in the [...]
Jaguar Land Rover issues cyber attack update amid data breach Tech Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has admitted that data may have been compromised in a cyber attack that has paralysed its global operations since 2 September, forcing shutdowns at factories and dealerships across the UK and abroad. The UK’s biggest carmaker said in a statement: “We now believe that some data has been affected and we [...]
JLR staff told to stay at home amid massive cyber attack disruption Tech Thousands of workers at Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) were told to ‘stay at home’, and customers are facing major delivery delays after a cyber attack forced the company to shut down production across its plants. The incident, which began on Sunday, halted the UK’s biggest carmaker’s operations at sites in Solihull, Halewood, Wolverhampton and Castle [...]
Arrests made after M&S, Co-op and Harrods cyber attacks July 10, 2025 Four people, including three teenagers and a 20-year-old woman, have been arrested in connection with a wave of cyber attacks that crippled M&S, the Co-op and Harrods. The group allegedly unleashed ransomware that stole millions of customer records, shut down online orders and left supermarket shelves bare. The National Crime Agency (NCA) said the individuals [...]