Jaguar Land Rover says cyber-attack has affected ‘some data’

Production at Jaguar Land Rover plants in the Midlands and Merseyside is on hold. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

The cyber-attack on Jaguar Land Rover has affected data held by the carmaker, it has said, as its factories in the UK and abroad face prolonged closure.

JLR, Britain’s biggest carmaker, said on Wednesday that in its investigations into the hack, which first emerged last week, it had now discovered data had been breached.