JLR retail and production 'severely disrupted' in cyber attack
Jaguar Land Rover has said it is working "at pace" to get production activities back on track after being "severely disrupted" by a cyber attack.
The car manufacturer has issued a statement on the incident which comes as the latest batch of new registration plates began to roll out on Monday September 1.
The Coventry-based company, which has huge manufacturing bases alongside the M54 near Wolverhampton and Telford, as well as in Solihull, said there is no evidence at this stage that any customer data has been stolen but production activities have been hit hard.
It is reported that the attack was detected while in progress and the business shut down its IT systems in an effort to minimise the damage being done.
A statement on JLR's website said: "JLR has been impacted by a cyber incident.
"We took immediate action to mitigate its impact by proactively shutting down our systems.
"We are now working at pace to restart our global applications in a controlled manner.
"At this stage there is no evidence any customer data has been stolen but our retail and production activities have been severely disrupted."
