JLR Restarts Production After Month-Long Cyber Attack Halt
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is set to restart production in a controlled, phased manner, over a month after a significant cybersecurity attack. The company expects a full resumption of engine and car lines to take months, with some sections resuming as early as October 6, 2025.
The cybersecurity attack, which occurred in early September, forced JLR to shut down all its factories and internal computer systems to protect data. The production halt is estimated to cost the company up to £5 million a day, according to business economics professor David Bailey.
JLR aims to restart production by 1 October at the earliest, with initial volumes limited. The company is working with cybersecurity specialists, the UK's National Cyber Security Centre, and law enforcement to ensure a safe restart. The impact on production volumes will be clear when JLR releases its quarterly numbers, with over 80,000 cars produced in the same period last year.
JLR will gradually resume production in its three UK factories in the West Midlands and Merseyside, with the UK government guaranteeing a £1.5 billion loan to support suppliers affected by the production shutdown. The company expects full capacity to take weeks to restore, following the cybersecurity attack that lost it at least a full month of vehicle production.
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