Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has admitted that some data may have been stolen by hackers during a cyberattack that disrupted car production and forced workers to stay at home.
The carmaker, owned by Indian conglomerate Tata Motors, had initially said there was no evidence of customer data being stolen. However, the company has now acknowledged that information was compromised, though it has not provided further details.
Production at JLR’s UK plants is expected to resume on Thursday at the earliest, after nearly two weeks of disruption that halted output of around 1,000 vehicles.
A hacking group calling itself Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters, which has also claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on retailer M&S earlier this year, confirmed it was behind the breach.
In an updated statement on Wednesday, JLR said: “As a result of our ongoing investigation, we now believe that some data has been affected and we are informing the relevant regulators. Our forensic investigation continues at pace and we will contact anyone as appropriate if we find that their data has been impacted.”
