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Jaguar Land Rover hack cost the UK economy £1.9bn, report says

The cyber attack caused a five-week shutdown affecting 5,000 UK businesses and is expected to cost Jaguar Land Rover over half of the £1.9 billion total loss, experts say.

  • The cyber attack on Jaguar Land Rover will cost an estimated £1.9bn and be the most economically damaging cyber event in UK history, according to researchers.
  • The hack began in late August causing an IT shutdown and a halt in global manufacturing operations, including its major UK plants.
  • More than half of the cost will be shouldered by JLR itself including loss of earnings and the cost of recovery.
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The hacker attack at the end of August on the car manufacturer Jaguar was according to experts the most expensive of British history. More than 5,000 organizations were affected, the production stood still for weeks.

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A hacker attack on the car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover has caused an estimated 1.9 billion pounds to the British economy.

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