JLR to keep production paused until Oct 1 after cyberattack

Jaguar Land Rover said on Tuesday it will keep production suspended until at least October 1 after a cyberattack at the end of August forced the British carmaker to shut down IT systems and halt assembly at multiple sites in the United Kingdom and overseas. The extended pause affects factories in Solihull, Halewood and Wolverhampton and has disrupted operations at facilities in India, Slovakia, China and Brazil, the company and government officials said.

JLR disclosed unusual access to its networks on August 31 and took its systems offline to contain the incident. The company has since been working with independent cybersecurity specialists, the UK National Cyber Security Centre and law enforcement on a phased recovery. In an update, JLR said portions of its digital estate are now operational, enabling it to clear a backlog of supplier invoices, return its global parts logistics centre toward full operation and restore the financial system used to process vehicle wholesales. The automaker cautioned, however, that bringing factories back online will require staged checks and gave no firm date for resuming manufacturing beyond the October 1 earliest target.