New Delhi, Oct 22 || A major cyberattack on Jaguar Land Rover, the British car manufacturer owned by India’s Tata Motors, has cost the UK economy an estimated $2.55 billion (£1.9 billion), according to a report released on Wednesday by the Cyber Monitoring Centre (CMC).
The attack forced a six-week shutdown of JLR’s production, impacting thousands of suppliers and dealerships nationwide, marking it as the most expensive cyber event ever recorded in the UK.
More than 5,000 companies across the UK were affected by the incident, the report said.
The CMC is an independent group made up of experts in cybersecurity, including a former head of Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre.