Jaguar Land Rover Shuts Down Production After Cyberattack, Costing the Company More than a Billion So Far

In January, the U.S. replaced China arsenic the largest azygous market for Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), which makes the celebrated Range Rover and Defender models. In fact, the company's North American income were up 23% past year. (Range Rovers start around $42,000 and spell up to astir $180,000.) But it mightiness beryllium much difficult to bargain a JLR conveyance soon.

After a short region successful shipments complete trade wars and tariffs, the U.K.-based automaker has issued different region — but this time, it's affecting production, and you tin blasted hackers instead. According to a statement connected the company's website, a cyberattack has caused JLR to unopen down production, which will proceed until astatine slightest September 24. So far, the breach has costs the automaker much than $1.36 cardinal successful revenue, per Auto News.

"We person informed colleagues, suppliers and partners that we person extended the existent region successful our accumulation until Wednesday, 24th September 2025," the connection reads. "We person taken this determination arsenic our forensic investigation of the cyber incident continues, and arsenic we see the different stages of the controlled restart of our world operations, which will return time."

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A Land Rover - Range Rover LWB Autobiography is displayed during the Salon Privé Concours astatine Blenheim Palace connected August 27, 2025, successful Woodstock, England. John Keeble/Getty Images

JLR first announced the onslaught connected September 2, penning successful a connection that it had been "impacted by a cyber incident" and was "proactively shutting down" its systems. The institution had initially noted that information was not stolen, but later issued an update to adhd that "some information whitethorn person been affected."

While JLR's unit locations stay open, Reuters reports that the institution has closed 3 plants successful the U.K. that would usually beryllium producing astir 1,000 vehicles per day. Manufacturing magazine reports that factories person besides closed successful China, Slovakia and India.

It's unclear really the breach will impact car shipments to the U.S., but reports statement that disruptions could past through the fall.