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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jasper Jolly and agencies

Jaguar Land Rover hack has cost UK economy £1.9bn, experts say

JLR’s Castle Bromwich plant sign shows a full-size red Jaguar on a peeling union flag.
JLR started to resume manufacturing this month after an almost six-week shutdown caused by the hack. Photograph: Colin Underhill/Alamy

The hack of Jaguar Land Rover has cost the UK economy an estimated £1.9bn, potentially making it the most costly cyber-attack in British history, a cybersecurity body has said.

A report by the Cyber Monitoring Centre (CMC) said losses could be higher if there were unexpected delays to the return to full production at the carmaker to levels before the hack took place at the end of August.

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