Jaguar Land Rover Cyberattack Halts Production
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Jaguar Land Rover said a cyberattack has “severely disrupted” its retail and production activities, dealing another blow to the U.K. automaker that’s suffered from higher U.S. tariffs.
The manufacturer of Range Rover and Land Rover sport utility vehicles, owned by India’s Tata Motors, said the intrusion forced it to shut down its systems.
“We are now working at pace to restart our global applications in a controlled manner,” JLR said on its. There’s no evidence customer data was stolen, it added.
It comes amid a surge in cyberattacks affecting U.K. businesses this year. Retailer Marks & Spencer Group Plc only resumed full operations in August after a hack brought chaos for nearly four months. Supermarket chain Co-Op suffered a data breach in April, while luxury department store Harrods was also recently.
JLR, which delivered around 400,000 vehicles last year, first reported the IT issues in a stock exchange filing in Mumbai on Monday evening. That date, Sept. 1, was important for U.K. dealers because the new “75” license plates — denoting the year 2025 — were launched, with customers eager to show off their brand new cars.
It’s just the latest obstacle facing JLR, following a plunge in profit in its most recent quarter. The company had temporarily paused shipments to the U.S. after President Donald Trump imposed higher tariffs on imports.
The U.K. struck a deal to allow 100,000 British vehicles to be sent into the U.S. at a 10% duty, but that’s still higher than the 2.5% rate that existed before Trump’s trade onslaught.
JLR has also defended a controversial rebrand of Jaguar, whichisn’t producingany cars until a new, fully electric lineup is ready next year. Jaguar will target younger consumers, but a videoreleased last year attracted criticism for featuring bright colors and expressionless models dressed for the catwalk — but no vehicles. Jaguar also ditched its signature wild cat logo.
Tata Motors is taking more control over JLR after installing its own finance chief as the British company’s next CEO. PB Balaji takes over in November.
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