JLR’s nightmare cyberattack has taken a turn for the worse

What began as an operational outage has turned into a data breach affecting employees (past and present), exposing governance gaps that could prove costly for the UK automaker and the Tata group.

22 December, 202514 min
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JLR’s nightmare cyberattack has taken a turn for the worse

Why read this story?

Editor's note: This story is a must read for shareholders and prospective investors of Tata Motors. Regulators take note as well to understand the cybersecurity breach, which will help you in putting together better rules around such incidents and how to hold companies accountable. Cybersecurity experts and competitors of Jaguar Land Rover must read this piece to understand how badly things could go wrong and what improvements you need to make in your systems.

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