The Record reports:
The cyberattack that disrupted production at Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) for more than a month is estimated to have cost the British economy £1.9 billion ($2.5 billion), according to a monitoring group.
An analysis by the Cyber Monitoring Centre (CMC), a nonprofit that aims to examine the cost of cyber incidents, said the attack is “the most economically damaging cyber event” to ever impact the United Kingdom.
Earlier this month, JLR announced it was beginning a phased restart of its manufacturing operations following a complete global shutdown which threatened to bankrupt the businesses in its supply chain.
The impact to JLR’s supply chain caused what one senior British politician called “a cyber shockwave ripping through our industrial heartlands,” with potentially thousands of jobs put at risk.
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