Attacking - or even appearing to attack - national brands is totally counterproductive. They’re all but guaranteed government bailouts. And it’s very hard to argue against.
Saying that JLR should’ve had better cybersecurity misses the point of being attacked by a hostile state. If a cruise missile were used it’d be silly to say JLR should’ve had underground factories or other protective measures.
I wouldn't be surprised if Jaguar hired someone to attack them to distract from their implosion... They did a weird re-brand that alienated their entire consumer base and then didn't actually produce any cars? And now they're getting bailed out?
>Jaguar just posted a 97.5% sales collapse in Europe for April 2025. That’s 49 cars sold. Not 49,000. Forty-nine. Down from nearly 2,000 in the same month last year. Year-to-date sales across Europe are off more than 75%. Globally, Jaguar is selling fewer than 27,000 cars a year, an 85% drop from where they were in 2018.
From the comments below. Regardless of Cyber Attack which claims to have its manufacturing shut down, they weren't producing much anyway.
And they got 1.5B loan out of it. With the current UK political and economic climates.
This seems too suspicious, now that they had a 95% drop in sales after their absurd and completely detached from reality rebrand, from about 1 year ago.
This excuse that they were attacked by an external player and then the government (i.e. the unwilling taxpayers of the UK) coming in to save them from their own ubris, just looks too much like a scam.
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[ 2.5 ms ] story [ 28.2 ms ] threadSaying that JLR should’ve had better cybersecurity misses the point of being attacked by a hostile state. If a cruise missile were used it’d be silly to say JLR should’ve had underground factories or other protective measures.
Ok so we're big national brand, so if we fail to take enough cyber security precautions, the gov will bail us out.
Typical democratic genius.
From the comments below. Regardless of Cyber Attack which claims to have its manufacturing shut down, they weren't producing much anyway.
And they got 1.5B loan out of it. With the current UK political and economic climates.
LET THEM FAIL.
Adam Smith rolling over in his grave.
> Adrian Mardell, received approximately $4.5 million for the year ending March 2024.
Oh look I found some expenses to cut.
This excuse that they were attacked by an external player and then the government (i.e. the unwilling taxpayers of the UK) coming in to save them from their own ubris, just looks too much like a scam.