British luxury carmaker Jaguar Land Rover’s retail and production activities have been severely disrupted following a cyber incident, according to Autocar magazine online.
It led to JLR being unable to register cars on the day when new plates are issued – one of the most important days of the year for motor sales.
Autocar says it was first made aware of a ‘cyber incident’ at the firm on August 1. It was understood to be related to the system it uses to register new cars.
The precise impact has yet to be confirmed.
Autocar spoke to a JLR dealer who confirmed the issue and said the branch had registered no new cars yesterday (1 September) – ‘new plate’ day in the UK, with the new ’75’ registrations being introduced, and traditionally one of the year’s busiest for new car registrations.
The dealer was unable to give any more details on the nature of the fault and said there had been no word on when to expect a fix.
A JLR spokesperson told Autocar: “We are working at pace to resolve global IT issues impacting our business. We will provide an update as appropriate in due course.”
JLR’s parent company Tata posted a notice to the Indian stock exchange which refers to the issue as an “IT security incidence” without giving further details.
Once again, this demonstrates the need for constant vigilance. While the knock on effects remain unknown, the fact that problems occurred on what should be one of the busiest car registration days of the year, emphasises how much we all rely on reliable tech nowadays.
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