The recent cyber attack on Jaguar Land Rover is keeping workers out of the plants as possible attack group identity becomes public
The recent cyber attack on Jaguar Land Rover is keeping workers out of the plants as possible attack group identity becomes public
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has told its car workers to stay away from the assembly lines until at least Tuesday, as a possible culprit for the recent cyber attack upon it becomes public.
According to The BBC, production remains halted at car factories in Halewood on Merseyside and Solihull in the West Midlands, as well as at its engine manufacturing centre in Wolverhampton.
The BBC also says the disruption extends beyond JLR, with its network of parts suppliers also forced to reduce operations. Some have complained of a lack of transparency from the company, according to the broadcaster.
A group of young Anglophone hackers who call themselves “Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters” have claimed responsibility for the attack, according to the BBC and other media outlets.
The group has boasted about the hack on Telegram, sharing screenshots seemingly taken from inside the carmaker’s IT networks. The same gang was responsible for a wave of cyber attacks this year on UK retailers including Marks and Spencer (M&S).
