Jaguar Land Rover admits hackers may have taken data

Jaguar Land Rover admits hackers may have taken data

The affected plants in the UK are not expected to restart until Thursday at the earliest and worldwide production of around 1,000 vehicles a day has been halted.

Now, 11 days after the attack , it has conceded that some data has been impacted but declined to say exactly who the information pertained to, such as customers, suppliers or JLR itself.

The company, owned by India's Tata Motors, initially said it did not believe any customer information had been stolen

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has admitted that some data may have been taken by hackers in a cyber-attack that has halted car production and forced the vehicle-maker to send workers home.

Production lines at JLR's factories in Solihull, Halewood and Wolverhampton have been at a standstill since the beginning of last week.

A group calling itself Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters, which was behind this year's cyber- attacks on UK retailers including M&S, has claimed responsibility for the JLR hack.

Last week, the Information Commissioners Office told the BBC that JLR had reported an incident to the UK's data watchdog.

In a new statement, JLR said on Wednesday: "As a result of our ongoing investigation, we now believe that some data has been affected and we are informing the relevant regulators.

"Our forensic investigation continues at pace and we will contact anyone as appropriate if we find that their data has been impacted."

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