The disruption to JLR caused by the recent cyber-attack is continuing this week. Output at JLR manufacturing plants in Halewood, Solihull and Wolverhampton (engines) has been halted as result of the company’s response to the cyber-attack at the end of August.
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In the statement, JLR said it has informed ‘colleagues, suppliers and partners that we have extended the current pause in our production until Wednesday 24th September 2025.’
The company added: ‘We have taken this decision as our forensic investigation of the cyber incident continues, and as we consider the different stages of the controlled restart of our global operations, which will take time.
‘We are very sorry for the continued disruption this incident is causing and we will continue to update as the investigation progresses.’
Media reports in the UK have suggested that suppliers are being extremely hard hit by the ongoing disruption at JLR and some could be facing cash-flow crises or bankruptcy.
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By GlobalDataGlobalData analyst Justin Cox told Just Auto: “The longer the disruption goes on, the more damaging it will be for JLR and for its dealers and suppliers up and down the supply and value chains – not just in the UK, but across the world.”
