Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has confirmed that its production stop will expand in next week, Since the luxury car manufacturer continues to struggle with the result from an important cyber attack.
Factory employees have been instructed to stop work till at least Wednesday, However they want to stay on the standby as the owners are closely monitored by the evolving situation.
Production was stopped last week during JLR facilities, including its Halwood Plant. Merceyside, Solyhul Factory in West MidlandsAnd in the engine construction site Walverhampton,
Employees were first asked not to return by 9 September, but due to the ongoing disruption in production lines, this period is now at least one more week.
The UK-based manufacturer was forced to shut down his system on 31 August, affecting his global operation after detecting a cyber attack.
A spokesman said that the company is working “working around the clock” to resume production, deploy cyber security experts and maintain some level of activity “.
However, it warned that it assumed that “some data” was accessed in hack, although it was not specified who was affected, such as customers or employees.
The company said that it was contacting people if it was found that their data was affected.
An English -speaking hacker who calls himself “Ray” has claimed responsibility for Hack.
It is the latest in a spate of cyber attack affecting UK businesses, with retail sellers M&S, co-up and Harods Those worst affected.
M&S was forced to prevent online sales for about six weeks and warned that the incident could be spent around £ 300 million.
On Wednesday, train operator Loner Said that some information about the contact details of passengers and previous visits was accessed in a cyber attack.