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Jaguar Land Rover is a British automaker that combines two brands - Land Rover premium all-wheel drive SUVs and sports sedans, sports cars and Jaguar SUVs.
In 2018, 592,708 Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles were sold in 128 countries. The staff of dealerships, suppliers and local contractors of the company is about 260,000 people. Jaguar Land Rover's main manufacturing facilities, including the two largest design and engineering manufacturing sites, three car manufacturing plants and the Engine Assembly Center, are located in. Great Britain Additional capacity is located in,, China, and Brazil. India Austria Slovakia
From 2020, the company's customers will be able to install electric motors on all new Jaguar Land Rover models. The company plans to introduce versions of current cars with electric, hybrid powerplants and in the soft hybrid version, as well as continue to produce cars with advanced gasoline and diesel engines.
History
2026: Thousands of Jaguar Land Rover electric vehicles found to be defective Batteries overheat and burn
On February 10, 2026, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced the recall of I-Pace electric vehicles manufactured by Jaguar Land Rover. In these machines, the high-voltage battery can overheat, which creates a risk of fire. Read more here.
2025
Defective airbags found in thousands of Jaguar Land Rover electric vehicles
On December 23, 2025, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan (MLIT) announced the recall of thousands of Jaguar Land Rover cars due to a front passenger airbag defect. Due to its incorrect operation in the event of a traffic accident, people in the cabin of the car may be injured. Read more here.
Loss of $900 million due to cyber attack that stopped production
As a result of a massive cyber attack, the British automaker Jaguar Land Rover suffered total losses of about £680 million (about $900). This is stated in the financial report of the company, published on November 14, 2025.
The hacker invasion of the Jaguar Land Rover IT infrastructure became known in early September 2025. The attack proved so devastating that the company had to halt production entirely at all three main sites in Britain. This hit both the automaker itself and component suppliers hard. It was possible to fully normalize the production of cars only by the end of October 2025.
The Jaguar Land Rover financial account says that in the third quarter of 2025 the company lost £485 million (approximately $639 million). This is primarily due to the shutdown of production: in five weeks from the moment of cyber intrusion, not a single car left the production lines of Jaguar Land Rover in Britain.
The direct costs associated with the hacker attack amounted to another £196 million ($258 million). This includes the costs of third-party specialists and consultants, cyber security investigations, and system recovery. Thus, the total losses due to the cyber incident reach $897 million.
According to the Cyber Monitoring Center (CMC), the attack caused damage to the British economy in the amount of £1.9 billion ($2.5 billion), which makes it the most destructive cyber event in the history of the country. To one degree or another, the incident affected the activities of more than 5 thousand companies and organizations. Due to the shutdown of Jaguar Land Rover factories, the volume of car production in Britain in September decreased by 27% - to about 51 thousand cars: this is the lowest figure (for the specified month) since 1952, including the period of the COVID-19 pandemic .[1]
British authorities estimated Jaguar Land Rover losses from cyber attack at $2.5 billion
At the end of August 2025, Jaguar Land Rover faced a major cyber incident. Despite the partial resumption of production, the consequences of the failure remain tangible - from large-scale downtime in factories to disruptions in the dealer network and failures in supply chains. According to the Cyber Monitoring Center, which was released at the end of October 2025, the total damage from a cyber incident could amount to up to £1.9 billion ($2.5 billion), making it potentially the most expensive in British history. More than 5,000 organizations were in the influence zone, and the event itself was classified as systemic, belonging to the third category.
Most of the financial losses are associated with production downtime - only the maintenance of British factories, according to the Cyber Monitoring Center, costs the company about £108 million weekly. The remaining losses were distributed between partners and participants in the supply chain. The loss estimate includes only the UK implications, excluding costs in other regions and possible payments to cyber-smokers - there has been no official confirmation of such claims or transactions.
In September 2025, the UK government provided the company with loan guarantees worth £1.5 billion to maintain liquidity. Although analysts suggest that these funds will not be used, the state support measure itself creates a precedent for future crisis situations.
The full recovery of operating activities is expected no earlier than the beginning of 2026. According to experts, any delays in this process may lead to a further increase in the final losses.
Jaguar Land Rover has refrained from commenting on the damage assessment and recovery forecasts. Cyber Monitoring Center emphasizes that the incident clearly demonstrates the vulnerability of even the largest industrial corporations and the ability of a single failure to launch a chain reaction in related sectors of the economy.[2]
$2 billion state guarantees to save the company
On September 28, 2025, the British government agreed to provide Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) with a government guarantee of £1.5 billion (approximately $2 billion as of this date) so that the company could obtain loans in order to maintain the operation of its complex component supply chain. Financial assistance was needed in connection with a large-scale cyber attack that paralyzed the work of the automaker.
Jaguar Land Rover enterprises in Britain employ about 34 thousand people. In addition, the company manages an extensive supply chain, which employs about 120 thousand more jobs. Moreover, many of them are in small and medium-sized businesses, for which Jaguar Land Rover is the main customer. The shutdown of car production hit such suppliers of components hard, and therefore they need financial support.
 | This cyber attack was an attack not only on the iconic British brand, but also on our automotive sector, as well as on the men and women whose jobs depend on it. Thanks to our decisive actions, this loan guarantee will help support the supply chain and preserve skilled jobs, "said British Business and Trade Minister Peter Kyle. |  |
A cyber attack on Jaguar Land Rover has caused major disruptions to the company's internal systems and shut down production lines. In addition, there was a leak of information. On September 25, 2025, the automaker announced that it had managed to restore "some of the digital resources," including systems related to billing, parts logistics and sales. And a few days later, the company said it was preparing to resume "some production operations."[3]
2-week downtime due to cyber attack
As of September 17, 2025, employees of Jaguar Land Rover factories have been on unpaid or partially paid leave for more than two weeks. The reason is a massive cyber attack, due to which the automaker was forced to turn off IT systems and stop the production of cars.
Jaguar Land Rover's production facilities include car plants in the British cities of Solihull and Halewood, an engine manufacturing facility in Wolverhampton, and factories in Slovakia, China and India, the Air Force said. Due to a hacker invasion, all production lines were stopped. Many of the company's 33 thousand employees were ordered not to go to work.
Three Jaguar Land Rover plants in Britain typically produce around 1,000 vehicles a day. Downtime, according to estimates, turns into damage of $68.3 million per week. Moreover, the production shutdown has hit car component suppliers hard, for whom Jaguar Land Rover is a key customer. The automaker's complex component procurement chain provides 104,000 jobs. There are concerns that many Jaguar Land Rover suppliers, primarily small and medium-sized enterprises, do not have the resources to cope with the long business interruption and subsequent losses.
| | This is not just a short-term failure of Jaguar Land Rover - it is a digital siege that caused a shock cyber wave throughout their supply chain, says Liam Byrne, chairman of the House of Commons Business and Trade Committee. | |
Jaguar Land Rover says production at the plant will not resume until September 24, 2025. However, some sources claim that the interruptions may last until November of this year.[4]
Production shutdown due to cyber attack
In early September 2025, British automaker Jaguar Land Rover reported a massive cyber attack on its IT infrastructure. As a result of the hacker invasion, the company was forced to turn off computer systems and stop the production of cars.
In connection with the incident, Jaguar Land Rover management sent an email to staff at the Halewood plant, near Liverpool, telling them not to go to work, according to the Liverpool Echo. The attack affected IT systems serving both the company's production facilities and sales salons.
| | Jaguar Land Rover has been hit by a cyber incident. We immediately took steps to mitigate its effects by shutting down our information systems in advance. We are now working on a controlled restart of our global applications. At the moment, there is no evidence of theft of customer data, but our retail and production activities are seriously disrupted, the automotive company said in an official statement. | |
Any additional details about the attack were not disclosed. According to the Air Force, a group of young English-speaking hackers, which is associated with a cyber attack on the British retail company Marks & Spencer, claimed responsibility for the invasion. As evidence of the hacking of Jaguar Land Rover's IT infrastructure, the attackers posted a number of screenshots taken from the automaker's internal networks. It is known that the hacker group includes members of such cyberbands as Shiny Hunters, Lapsus $ and Scattered Spider. According to the Air Force, cybercriminals are demanding a ransom from Jaguar Land Rover, although the company itself does not comment on this issue[5]
121.5 thousand Jaguar Land Rover cars were defective
In mid-August 2025, Jaguar Land Rover announced the recall of approximately 121.5 thousand cars due to a serious suspension defect. An identified marriage in certain situations can impair handling, thereby increasing the risk of a traffic accident. Read more here.
Ripped airbags found in tens of thousands of Range Rover Evoque cars
On July 12, 2025, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration USA (NHTSA) announced that Jaguar Land Rover was recalling almost 21 thousand cars due to torn front passenger airbags. Defective products are not able to provide the proper level of protection in a collision, which increases the risk of injury in the event of a traffic accident. More. here
Hundreds of gigabytes of customer and employee data leaked
In mid-March 2025, it became known that the information infrastructure of the automaker Jaguar Land Rover was subjected to a hacker attack. The attackers managed to steal hundreds of gigabytes of confidential information, including internal company documents, software source codes, as well as personal data of employees and partners.
The Hellcat ransomware group claimed responsibility for the invasion. During the hack, the attackers used the credentials of one of the LG Electronics employees who had access to Jaguar Land Rover's Jira server. The Jira platform is a workflow management tool for software development teams: the system is necessary for efficient planning, process optimization, progress tracking, coherent work and analytics. In total, cybercriminals stole 350GB of Jaguar Land Rover information from servers.
Hackers used LG Electronics to steal credentials. malware Members of the Hellcat group use various tools. This is, in particular, the malware Lumma, which imperceptibly infects victims' devices - often through phishing emails, downloads of any files or hacked websites. Once injected, the malware ON retrieves sensitive data, including login credentials for enterprise systems. This information can then be used to organize more complex attacks, including for the purpose of extortion.
The investigation showed that in the course of the Jaguar Land Rover hack, cybercriminals used the old but still valid credentials of an LG Electronics employee who had access to the automaker's Jira server. As of mid-March 2025, Jaguar Land Rover assesses damage from intrusion.[6]
2024
Announcement of the cessation of production of cars with ICE
In November 2024, Jaguar Land Rover announced the end of automaking. The company decided to abandon cars with ICE and completely switch to electric vehicles.
According to Bloomberg, Jaguar Land Rover has stopped producing XE, XF and F-Type sports cars in Britain. The assembly of E-Pace and I-Pace SUVs in Austria will be discontinued from December 2024. New items from the British manufacturer will now appear only in 2026 and these will be exclusively electric vehicles.
Sale of the Russian division to its executives
On November 2, 2024, it became known that Russian top managers of Jaguar Land Rover acquired the assets of the Russian representative office of the British automaker. The deal was completed on October 31, 2024, and now Jaguar Land Rover LLC is fully owned by Russian top managers. This information is confirmed by the data of the Unified State Register of Legal Entities. Read more here
Recall of millions of cars with defective airbags
On July 31, 2024, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration USA (NHTSA) announced that more than 50 million cars of different brands can be equipped with defective airbags, which in the event of a traffic accident can cause serious harm to the health of the driver and passengers or even provoke their death. Defective products were marketed by ARC Automotive and Delphi Automotive Systems. More here
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Notes
- ↑ Cyberattack leaves Jaguar Land Rover short of £680 million
- ↑ Cyber Monitoring Centre Statement on the Jaguar Land Rover Cyber Incident – October 2025
- ↑ Government backs Jaguar Land Rover with £1.5 billion loan guarantee
- ↑ JLR supply chain staff told to apply for universal credit, union claims
- ↑ [1]M&S hackers claim to be behind Jaguar Land Rover cyber attack
- ↑ Jaguar Land Rover Breached by HELLCAT Ransomware Group Using Its Infostealer Playbook—Then a Second Hacker Strikes
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