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LONDON (AP) — Jaguar Land Rover said Tuesday that its production
lines, shut down after a cyberattack in August, will remain at a
halt until at least Oct. 1.
Britain’s biggest automaker sent workers home from its factories
in central and northwest England on Aug. 31.
The shutdown has rippled through the U.K. auto industry. JLR,
which is owned by India’s Tata Motors, employs more than 30,000
people, with its supply chain supporting tens of thousands more
jobs.
The company has disclosed limited information about the nature
of the attack and says it's investigating.
JLR said in a statement that it had extended the pause in
production “to give clarity for the coming week as we build the
timeline for the phased restart of our operations and continue
our investigation.”
It said that it was working with law enforcement and the U.K.
government’s National Cyber Security Center “to ensure we
restart in a safe and secure manner.”
The government said that Business Secretary Peter Kyle and
Industry minister Chris McDonald will visit Jaguar Land Rover on
Tuesday and talk to companies in the supply chain.
“We are acutely aware of the difficulties the stoppage is
causing for those suppliers and their staff, many of whom are
already taking a financial hit through no fault of their own —
and we will do everything we can to reassure them that the
government is on their side,” McDonald said.
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