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News - General News - CorporateJLR prepares to resume production after hackBritish government steps in as economic impact of Jaguar Land Rover cyberattack grows30 Sep 2025 THE British government has offered Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) a £1.5 billion ($A3.06b) guarantee so it can secure the financing necessary to weather mounting losses caused by a cyberattack that began late last month, forcing the car-maker to halt production and endangering numerous smaller businesses in its supply chain.
Hackers have compounded several challenges JLR was already navigating, including US tariffs – causing it to pause shipments, contributing to an 11.0 per cent drop in quarterly sales and a halving of its profit margin expectations – along with slumping Chinese demand and a self-imposed hiatus for the Jaguar brand.
A week ago, JLR’s loss of profit from the cyberattack alone stood at £70.0 million ($A143.0 million) and a revenue drop of more than £1.0 billion (about $A2.04b). The hit is expected to have doubled by the time the company is back on its feet, with JLR now saying that in “coming days” it will resume “some sections of our manufacturing operations”.
However, widespread financial fallout continues as JLR furloughed many of the 34,000 workers across its Solihull, Wolverhampton, Castle Bromwich, and Halewood production plants in the UK, with around 120,000 people employed in the supply of components also variously impacted.
Suppliers have reportedly been warned that full production might not restart until November.
GoAuto understands that separate arrangements are being made to shore up smaller companies that are reliant on the cashflow related to their continuous supply of components to JLR, potentially impacting their ability to serve other car-making operations around the UK such as Nissan, Toyota, Mini, Aston Martin, and Bentley.
Should any of these companies fail, it would create gaps in JLR’s supply chain that would further delay a restart of production.
The hack also reportedly caused JLR to lose track of vehicles it had already built for customers, disrupted the shipment of parts – meaning dealerships cannot service and repair customer cars –and halted or slowed production at JLR plants in Slovakia, China, and India.
JLR was already in the throes of a turnaround plan, announcing in July that it would cut 500 management jobs to “align its leadership workforce for the business’s current and future needs”.
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