Tata-owned Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has further extended its production shutdown – caused by a cyber-attack – into October.

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.

The company has now said that factories will be shut until at least 1 October, which will mean the whole of September has seen zero manufacturing output of vehicles or engines.

The BBC has reported that sources have told the BBC that the disruption could last into November.

JLR has also halted manufacturing and assembly at facilities overseas including a plant in Slovakia.  

A UK government minister – business secretary Peter Kyle – will visit JLR today for an update and also hear from major JLR suppliers impacted by the crisis.

A UK government unit – the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) – is working with JLR to provide support in relation to the incident.

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