Cyber incident at Jaguar Land Rover 'severely disrupts' work

Jaguar Land Rover's manufacturing and retailing activities have been "severely disrupted" by a cyber incident that has forced it to shut down its systems.

- Lauren Almeida Dan Milmo

Britain's largest carmaker said there was no evidence that any customer data had been taken.

"We are now working at pace to restart our global applications in a controlled manner," JLR said in a brief statement. "At this stage there is no evidence any customer data has been stolen but our retail and production activities have been severely disrupted."

JLR said it had "proactively" shut down its systems and taken "immediate action to mitigate" the impact.

The Liverpool Echo reported that workers at the company's Halewood plant in Merseyside were told early on Monday morning not to come into work because of the incident.

Shares in JLR's Indian owner, Tata Motors, fell by 0.9% in Mumbai after it informed investors of a cyber incident on Monday. JLR told Tata that it was "working at pace to resolve global IT issues impacting our business".

One cybersecurity specialist said the speed of the shutdown underlined the seriousness of the threat.