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Investigations into the Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) cyber attack have identified Russia as a potential suspect.
The car manufacturer, owned by Tata Motors in India, revealed that it had suffered a cyber attack at the beginning of September, announcing that it had shut down its systems to prevent further damage.
“JLR has been impacted by a cyber incident. We took immediate action to mitigate its impact by proactively shutting down our systems,” Jaguar Land Rover said in an undated statement on its corporate website.
A Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) investigation led by the UK National Cyber Security Centre, with assistance from the National Crime Agency, has suggested that the Kremlin may have been guiding the threat actors with “an active line of inquiry”, a GCHQ spokesperson told The Telegraph.
“The investigation is ongoing, and we would caution against speculation. The government has persistently called out a range of actors for malicious cyber activities against the UK and will continue to do so.”
After weeks of outages, JLR announced late last month that it was ready to begin restoring its manufacturing systems.
“As the controlled, phased restart of our operations continues, we are taking further steps towards our recovery and the return to manufacture of our world‑class vehicles,” the company said.
“Today we are informing colleagues, retailers and suppliers that some sections of our manufacturing operations will resume in the coming days.”
The company originally told staff at its manufacturing plants in Solihull, Wolverhampton, and Halewood on Merseyside to stay home until 9 September, with their hours being banked to be picked up later, while their pay remains normal.
However, the stay-home order was extended multiple times, even past its most recent deadline of 24 September.
In its latest update, the company did not specify exactly when manufacturing would continue, nor did it say in what capacity.
According to the BBC, JLR was at one point suffering losses of roughly £50 million a week.
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