Jaguar Land Rover cyber attack: ‘Some data affected’, carmaker reveal
Jaguar Land Rover JLR says it now believes that some data has been affected in the cyber attack on the company last week.
The British car maker shut down operations when it spotted the attack last Tuesdayand its staff have been told to stay at home since.
Sky News understands it will now be at least Monday next week before production staff can return to their jobs.
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In an update on Wednesdaya spokesperson said Since we became aware of the cyber incidentwe have been working around the clockalongside third-party cybersecurity specialiststo restart our global applications in a controlled and safe manner.
As a result of our ongoing investigationwe now believe that some data has been affected and we are informing the relevant regulatorsOur forensic investigation continues at pace and we will contact anyone as appropriate if we find that their data has been impacted
It was not yet clear exactly what data had been accessed.
We are very sorry for the continued disruption this incident is causing and we will continue to update as the investigation progressesthe person concluded.
The incident is hurting not only output at JLR but wider internal systems and harming its supply chain.
JLR says partner retail operationsincluding service and salesare not affected.
It is aiming to brief MPs whose constituencies contain production sites at a meeting on Friday.
Hacking group Scattered Spider claimed responsibility for the attack soon after it was made public.
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It was the ransomware group blamed for disruption to British retailers earlier this year.
M&S has put a £300m cost on the hit to its business but expects the final figure to fall substantially thanks to insurance policy payouts.
Four people have been arrested and bailed in connection with the April attacks.,
