LONDON, Sept 9: Auto major Jaguar Land Rover’s (JLR) UK factories are now expected to remain closed until at least Wednesday after work was disrupted by a cyber attack just over a week ago.
The car plants at Halewood and Solihull and its Wolverhampton engine facility, along with production facilities in Slovakia, China and India, have been unable to operate since the company fell victim to the cyber attack.
Staff who work on the production lines have been told to remain at home, reports BBC.
JLR shut down its IT systems in response to the attack on August 31, in order to protect them from damage. However, this caused major disruption.
JLR says it is working around the clock to restart its networks in a controlled and safe manner, and is liaising with third party cyber security specialists and law enforcement.
Last Thursday, JLR instructed staff to stay at home until at least Tuesday as it continued to grapple with the fallout from the cyber attack.
The carmaker, which is owned by India’s Tata Motors, has not commented on reports that disruption could continue for several weeks.
A group of young hackers who have been behind other attacks on UK businesses including M&S earlier this year, has also claimed responsibility for the JLR attack.
Within days of the attack, the group of English-speaking hackers bragged about it on messaging app Telegram.
It is understood the group was trying to extort money from the firm. (UNI)
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