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A cyber attack But jaguar land rover (JLR) at a cost of around £200 million, the company has announced.
Britain’s biggest carmaker said it had made “strong progress” in rapidly restoring its operations since the attack.
JLR halted production at its UK factories for five weeks from September 1 after it was targeted by hackers the day before.
All of the group’s manufacturing sites – including factories in Solihull, West Midlands and Halewood, Merseyside – Operations resumed last month.
JLR has revealed it made an underlying loss of £485 million in the second quarter of the year Income were knocked down After a serious cyber attack.
The British luxury carmaker had made profits before tax and exceptional items of almost £400m in the same period in 2024.
It also recorded a loss of £134 million in the six months to the end of September, compared with a profit of £1.1 billion the previous year.
JLR Chief Executive Adrian Mardell said the company’s financial performance “has been impacted by significant challenges, including a cyber incident that halted our vehicle production in September and the impact of US tariffs”.
The manufacturer revealed costs of £196 million related to the cyberattack.
cyber attack But jaguar land rover It is believed to be from Britain The most financially damaging hacks And it is estimated that it cost the country £1.9 billion.
Research from the Cyber Monitoring Center shows that approximately 5,000 businesses across the country have been affected by the fallout.
Its experts analyzed the wider impact of the incident on the economy and supply chain to arrive at the figures.
Jaguar Land Rover halted production at its UK factories for five weeks from September 1 After being targeted the previous day.
The disruption led suppliers to warn that without a rapid business resumption or financial support many faced collapse.