Jaguar Land Rover Operations ‘Severely Disrupted’ by Cyberattack

British automobile manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is scrambling to restore applications and operations that were impacted by a cyberattack.

In a brief notice on Tuesday, the company said it disconnected its systems, which severely impacted both retail and manufacturing operations.

“JLR has been impacted by a cyber incident. We took immediate action to mitigate its impact by proactively shutting down our systems,” a JLR spokesperson told SecurityWeek.

“We are now working at pace to restart our global applications in a controlled manner. At this stage there is no evidence any customer data has been stolen but our retail and production activities have been severely disrupted,” the spokesperson said.

The company refrained from sharing details on the type of cyberattack it fell victim to, but disconnecting systems for containment purposes is the typical response to ransomware.

The operational disruption also suggests that file-encrypting malware might have been involved, but SecurityWeek ...