Cyberattacks have extended Jaguar Land Rover's global production halt, severely impacting the supply

On September 23 local time, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), the largest car manufacturer in the UK, announced that the global business shutdown caused by a cybersecurity incident would be extended until at least October 1. The incident, which started on August 31, has had a significant impact on the company's operations and supply chain. According to industry estimates, the company's daily losses could reach tens of millions of pounds, and it has also had a cascading effect on hundreds of supply - chain enterprises and hundreds of thousands of jobs.

Jaguar Land Rover is currently owned by India's Tata Motors. It has three factories in the UK, with an original combined daily production of about 1,000 vehicles. The company reported on September 2 that its systems had been hacked. Since late August, about 33,000 employees at its UK factories have been asked to stop work. According to the BBC, the shutdown has cost the company about £50 million (about $68 million) per week.

David Bailey, an economics professor at the Business School of the University of Birmingham in the UK, pointed out: "These factories mainly produce high - value cars. The total value of the vehicles that were not completed during the shutdown is about £1.7 billion, and the estimated initial profit loss is £120 million. If the production halt continues until November, the number of cars that cannot be produced will be close to 50,000."

The impact of this incident is not limited to the company itself but also widely affects small and medium - sized enterprises in the supply chain. Many suppliers and retailers cannot access the computer systems and databases used for spare - parts procurement for repairs and vehicle registration due to the system outage, further amplifying the negative effects of the production halt.

Currently, Jaguar Land Rover's official website in China has issued a statement saying that its retail business is still operating normally and it is actively cooperating with relevant regulatory authorities in data - impact assessment and reporting. The company promises to notify relevant parties immediately if it finds that user data has been affected.

Notably, many large UK enterprises have recently been frequently attacked by cyber - ransomware. The UK government is considering introducing policies to ban public sectors and operators of critical infrastructure from paying ransoms to hackers to maintain supply - chain security and employment stability. In addition, a survey released by S&P Global on September 23 showed that the UK manufacturing industry is on a downward trend, and Jaguar Land Rover's production halt has further increased the pressure on the automotive industry's supply chain.

The company is associated with about 104,000 jobs in the UK. Despite the ongoing production halt, Jaguar Land Rover said it is formulating a plan to resume production and continues to conduct an in - depth investigation into this cyber - attack incident.