Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has instructed factory staff to stay home until at least Tuesday due to fallout from a cyber attack that forced the company to take vital IT systems offline, affecting car sales and production.

• Production remains halted at car factories in Halewood and Solihull, and its engine manufacturing center in Wolverhampton.
• The attack occurred at the weekend, impacting JLR's systems just as new registration plates became available on September 1.
• A hacker group, believed to be "Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters," claims responsibility for infiltrating JLR's systems, though JLR states there is no evidence of customer data theft.
• The disruption also affects JLR's network of parts suppliers and repair garages, with one independent garage owner, James Wallis of Nyewood Express, noting he "can’t look up what I need to repair cars."
• This incident is a fresh blow for JLR, which recently reported a slump in profits, and comes after signing a £800 million deal with Tata Consultancy Services for cybersecurity and IT services in 2023.