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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Jasper Jolly

UK manufacturers face rising hacking risk as survey shows 30% were hit last year

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Some generative AI systems have hacked into other businesses autonomously. Photograph: solarseven/Getty

Nearly a third of British manufacturers have been hit by a cyber-attack on them or a company in their supply chain, according to a survey that highlighted the growing hacking risk to companies.

The findings come almost a year after Britain’s largest automotive employer, JLR, was hit by an attack that forced it to halt production for weeks.

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