Jaguar Land Rover has allegedly directed the factory employees to work at least from home by at least next Tuesday, as luxury car manufacturers struggle with a significant cyber attack.
Production has been halted at its major manufacturing sites, including Helwood in Mercesis, Solihul in West Midlands and engine plants at Wolverhampton.
Reports indicate that the employees of the production line have been advised not to return before September 9, with the remaining under review.
The disintegration follows JLR’s revelation on Tuesday that the cyber phenomenon “severely interrupted” both production and sales.
UK car manufacturer is owned by India Tata motorsAfter being aware of the issues affecting your global operation, do the system shutdown on Sunday.
This is the latest blow to JLR as it is related to the influence of American tariffs and weak consumer trust on the region.
The attack also comes at an important time for car firms, with September when new registration plates are released, traditionally promotes the demand for new motors.
It is understood that hack is also affecting the repair of JLR vehicles, as dealerships and garages are unable to order new parts, while some customers are also affected.
On Wednesday, a group of young hackers targeted Marks and Spencer And other British brands allegedly claimed that they were also behind the JLR attack.
BBC told that the gang bragged about hack on instant messaging platform Wire And to be from the shared screenshot car manufacturer’s internal IT system.
It comes with M&S, Co-op and after cyber attacks in the UK Retail sector earlier this year. Harods Those worst affected.
The gang made claims on a telegram channel, called scattered lapsus $ HunterA combination of three English language speaking, hacking groups are known as scattered Spider, Lapsus $ and Shinoors.
Spider scattered for attacks on British retailers earlier this year was convicted, after which M&S stopped online sale for about six weeks and warned that the incident could cost around 300 million pounds.
Four youths were arrested and later granted bail for his suspicious participation in the April attacks.
JLR stated that earlier this week it was “working at speed” to resume its operation at retail and production sites.
The company insisted that “there is no evidence” that any customer data has been stolen in the attack.