Jaguar Land Rover is the latest in a string of retail cyber attacks

A cyber attack at Jaguar Land Rover, which forced the company to halt production and retail operations on September 2, is set to continue for weeks in a huge headache for the firm.

The incident prompted the UK’s biggest carmaker to take its systems offline as a precaution, while emails sent to staff at its plant confirmed that shifts had been cancelled.

Employees of the British company have now been told to remain off work until Wednesday, with a decision on whether to bring staff back being taken day by day.

There is speculation that operations at JLR will be disrupted for “most of September” or worse, according to a report in the Sunday Times.

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