Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) plans to resume some of his cars over the next few days after Government announcement on weekends that he will support the company with a guarantee of a loan of 1.5 billion pounds to support their supply chain.
According to BBC, it is believed that this is the first time when the company received state assistance as a result of cyberization.
Unite Unite, which represents many thousands of workers working in JLR and throughout their supply chain, described financial support of the government Companies as an “important first step”.
The General Secretary unites Sharon Graham: “This is an important first step, and demonstrates that the government has listened to the problems caused at meetings with Unite in recent days. This is exactly what the government should do is take measures to protect jobs.
“The money provided should now be used to ensure work guarantees, as well as to protect skills and payment in JLR and its supply chain.”
Against, Financial times reported anxiety among free commentators of marketerists The fact that the loan is the subtle end of the wedge of the state support of the private sector companies, quoting Tom Cloreti, the executive director of the Institute of Economic Affairs: “Will every cyberatak call the taxpayer to be brought now? Companies will be less likely to insure themselves from such risks ”? And Jamie McCall, senior researcher at the Institute of the Royal United United Association Feet There is a risk of “moral risk” that avoid cyber insurance.
Insurance log Cyber -risk insurer last week he said that JLR did not have Cyber insurance during an attackField
JLR was amazed at a massive cyber attack on August 31, from which he was just starting to recover.
Some of the financial IT systems of the company were restarted September 25, according to BBC. They say that they help with payments from suppliers.
In today's application for cyber irons published on your web, JLR said: “Since the controlled, phased restart of our activities continues, we take further steps to our restoration …. Today we will inform our colleagues, retail sellers and suppliers, who will be resumed in the coming days of some sections of our production operations.
“We continue to work around the clock with specialists in cybersecurity, NCSC Government of Great Britain [National Cyber Security Centre] and law enforcement agencies to ensure that our restart is carried out in a safe and safe way. ”
Meanwhile, a company of analysis of threats of cybersecurity Cyfirma revealed The expansion group of Spider Lapsus $ Hunters as a probable striker, also noting that the Hellcat group of extortionists is aimed at JLR at the beginning of this year in separate attacks, operating hundreds of internal documents and violating the employee’s data through the stolen accounting data of Jira.
The Cyfirma report notes that the telegram channel, which causes himself scattered Lapsus $ Hunters, took responsibility for the Jaguar Land Rover incident in the first days, sharing the JLR internal IT systems.
The name of the channel unites three English -speaking hacker teams: multiple spider, Lapsus $ and Shinyhunters.
The company also noted that the SHINYHUNTERS team was previously associated with cyber attacks on British retailers.
“Researchers, the media and our own assessment with average confidence show that the group Shinhunters [sic] The team may be responsible, ”it said.
Nevertheless, Jaguar Land Rover has not yet announced specific details of the attack.
MP West -Midlands Liam Burn, who is the chairman of the Common Business and Trade business collection committee, BBC said that further government intervention may be required Provide financial support for JLR and its supply chains.
