Overview

• Jaguar Land Rover delayed a planned Sept. 24 reboot and now targets a phased return to production on Oct. 1.
• JLR says it proactively took central systems offline in early September after a cyber incident, and later forensic work indicated some data may have been affected with authorities notified.
• An economist told the BBC the stoppage has cost roughly €140 million in profit and nearly €2 billion in revenue for the company.
• Supplier distress is mounting, with reports of calls for help and instances of employees going unpaid, according to BBC reporting.
• A group calling itself Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters claimed responsibility and posted screenshots suggesting extortion, with reporting linking the claimants to actors tied to Scattered Spider and Lapsus$.