JLR has restarted a limited number of computer systems after a crippling cyber-attack, but suppliers to the carmaker have told ministers they need financial support from the government within days to prevent permanent closures of parts factories.
The maker of Jaguar and Land Rover cars, Britain’s largest automotive employer, said it had regained the ability to repay suppliers, send parts to mechanics to repair vehicles on the road, and to send finished cars that were at its factories to showrooms.
