How One Hack Shut Down a Car Factory and Cost Britain £2.5 Billion

Jaguar Land Rover's August 2025 cyber attack forced the company to close both its offices and factories at once, costing the UK economy £2.5 billion. The problem: modern car plants now connect their factory equipment directly to the same computer networks as their offices. When hackers breach the network, security teams can't tell what's safe—so they must shut everything down to be sure.