In Wake of Cyberattack, Jaguar Land Rover Says It Never “Lost” 40,000 Vehicles

Victim of an unprecedented cyberattack, automaker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has paused production at all of its factories in the United Kingdom. As reported by Automotive News Europe, in addition to a potential data loss, the company reportedly lost track of some 40,000 vehicles that had already left its plants and are within its distribution network.

Update: Jaguar Land Rover contacted Auto123 to deny that it ever lost contact with the vehicles; a spokesperson stated that "JLR has full visibility and control of vehicles through tracking processes from the factory to market."

The incident, which occurred on August 31, forced JLR to halt its assembly lines. 

The impact is obviously less significant for Jaguar, which currently markets only the F-Pace, production of which has already been stopped for several months.

For Land Rover, however, the production stoppage is preventing the delivery of models to dealerships around the world. According to British automotive analyst Charles Tennant, in an interview with Coventry Live, the company has reportedly lost the equivalent of nearly  $1.8 billion CAD, and the losses continue to accumulate.

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