Jaguar Land Rover, the UK’s largest car manufacturer, has announced a significant quarterly loss after being hit by a major cyber attack that halted production for an extended period. The company swung to an underlying pre-tax loss of £485 million for the three months ending in September 2025, a brutal reversal from the profit of nearly £400 million recorded in the same quarter the previous year. The cyber incident, which began on August 31, 2025, forced JLR to shut down its entire IT network to contain the damage, effectively stopping production across its UK and international manufacturing facilities for almost six weeks. This major disruption underscores the increasing vulnerability of highly automated and digitally integrated manufa
