Jaguar Land Rover Hack Halted Production for Months, Costing UK Economy $2.5 Billion

Russian hackers carried out a 2025 breach of Jaguar Land Rover that halted production for months and cost the British economy an estimated $2.5 billion, TechCrunch reported. The UK government provided the company a £1.5 billion bailout payment, equivalent to around $2 billion.

The New York Times, citing people close to the investigation, identified the perpetrators as a Russian hacking group, TechCrunch reported.

Microsoft tracked the group and alerted Jaguar Land Rover to the hackers' identities. The FBI, Britain’s National Crime Agency, National Cyber Security Centre, Google’s Mandiant unit, and Palo Alto Networks all participated in the investigation. A Jordanian hacker using the handle Rey separately breached Jaguar Land Rover networks, according to the same reporting.