Jaguar Land Rover slides to loss of almost £500m after cyber-attack
Carmaker reports £196m of exceptional direct costs in addressing hack as it returns to full outputBusiness live – latest updatesThe cyber-attack that closed Jaguar Land Rover factories has pushed the...
By Gwyn Topham and Jasper Jolly · The Guardian World
Carmaker reports £196m of exceptional direct costs in addressing hack as it returns to full output Business live – latest updates The cyber-attack that closed Jaguar Land Rover factories has pushed the company from profit into a quarterly loss of almost £500m, the carmaker has revealed. JLR made pre-tax losses of £485m in the three months to 30 September, with production shut down throughout September due to the hack – a brutal turnaround from the £398m profit it recorded in the same period a year earlier, and ending 11 consecutive quarters of profit. Continue reading...