The largest British car manufacturer, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), will fully resume production at its factories on the first day of October, after the cyberattack that paralyzed the brand’s automotive production.
The luxury vehicle company, owned by Indian Tata Motors, has three factories in Great Britain, which together produce about 1,000 cars per day. The company is losing £50 million (US$68 million, or €57.55 million) per week, according to the BBC, with many of its 33,000 employees having to stay home.
The case of JLR highlights the vulnerability of global companies and government departments to increasingly sophisticated and frequent cyber and ransomware attacks, affecting sectors ranging from health to defense to finance and retail. Therefore, no details have been disclosed about who may be behind the attack on JLR.
It should be noted that Jaguar Land Rover was the target of a cyberattack on September 1, having revealed that it shut down its systems upon becoming aware of the “global issues”, and that it was working, “at an accelerated pace to restart operations in a controlled manner”, the company said in a statement.
JLR has declined to provide further details about the cause of the incident and the scale of its impact, but a dealership reported that it was unable to register new cars using the company’s system this Tuesday.
Remember that JLR is the latest victim of a series of cyberattacks on British companies carried out since the beginning of the year, especially in the retail sector.
The incident occurred a few weeks after JLR announced a significant reduction in quarterly profits due to tariffs imposed by the U.S. on vehicles imported from the United Kingdom.
