The cyber attack on Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is estimated to have been the most economically damaging hack in UK history and cost the country around £1.9 billion, according to a new report.

Around 5,000 businesses across the country have been hit by the fallout of the attack, according to research from the Cyber Monitoring Centre (CMC).

Experts from the non-profit organisation have analysed the impact of the cyber attack across the economy and wider supply chain.

JLR stopped production across its UK factories for five weeks from September 1 after being targeted by hackers.

The incident also led to warnings from suppliers that they could collapse without trading rapidly resuming or financial support.

Ciaran Martin, chair of the CMC’s technical committee, said: “With a cost of nearly £2

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