Cost of Jaguar Land Rover cyber attack revealed

• A cyber attack on Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has been identified as the UK's most economically damaging hack.
• The incident is estimated to have cost the country £1.9 billion, with around 5,000 businesses nationwide affected by the fallout.
• JLR halted production at its UK factories for five weeks from 1 September following the attack, with full recovery not expected until January 2026.
• The Cyber Monitoring Centre (CMC) categorised the hack as a category 3 incident, with category 5 the most severe, noting that JLR itself will shoulder over half the cost.
• Ciaran Martin, chair of the CMC’s technical committee, urged organisations to identify and protect their critical networks in response to the significant financial damage.

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Jaguar Land Rover cyber attack the costliest in UK history