Jaguar Land Rover Resumes Production Following Significant Cyberattack

Jaguar Land Rover, the luxury car manufacturer, announced that it has gradually resumed its manufacturing operations after experiencing a major cyber attack last month.

 

On September 2, Jaguar Land Rover said that it suffered a significant cyber attack affecting its internal network. The incident had a significant impact on operations, but the car manufacturing giant said customer data was likely not compromised.

 

“At this stage there is no evidence any customer data has been stolen but our retail and production activities have been severely disrupted,” JLR said.

 

In a separate update, the automaker said it has extended the “the current pause in our production until Wednesday 1 October 2025.

 

In a recent update, JLR said it has restarted its manufacturing operations in phases from October 8.

 

“The phased restart of JLR’s manufacturing operations begins at the Electric Propulsion Manufacturing Centre (EPMC), where the company builds engines, and its Battery Assembly Centre (BAC), both in the West Midlands, UK, on Wednesday 8 October 2025. 

 

“JLR colleagues will also begin to return on Wednesday to the company’s stamping operations in Castle Bromwich, Halewood and Solihull, UK, and other key areas of its Solihull vehicle production plant, such as its body shop, paint shop and its Logistics Operations Centre (LOC), which feeds parts to JLR’s global manufacturing sites,” the luxury car manufacturing giant said.

 

“This activity will be closely followed by vehicle manufacturing in Nitra, Slovakia, and restart of the Range Rover and Range Rover Sport (MLA) production lines in the Solihull facility this week,” the company added.

 

This announcement comes shortly after the UK government announced a £1.5 billion loan to JLR under the UK Export Finance’s Export Development Guarantee (EDG) scheme, which mitigates lender risk by guaranteeing most of the loan if JLR fails to repay.

 

Under the program, the UK government is not lending directly to JLR but is instead backing a commercial bank loan through a guarantee. This support enables JLR to access a much larger loan—typically on more favourable terms—than it could secure independently, especially following the significant challenges it currently faces. The five-year loan will offer immediate cash flow relief, allowing the company to pay suppliers and rebuild its supply chain.