Cyberattack hits Jaguar Land Rover’s sales numbers hard

The recent cyberattack on Jaguar Land Rover is reflected in the company’s financial results. Wholesales in the third quarter of last year are down 43.3%, and retail sales have plummeted by 25.1%.

In September 2025, the British car manufacturer was struck by a cyberattack, largely paralyzing the company’s production capacity. It was forced to temporarily shut down factories in Halewood, Solihull, and Wolverhampton.

To make sure that the British car manufacturer and other companies in the supply chain wouldn’t go bankrupt or have to lay off workers, the British government backed the car manufacturer with a £1.5 billion loan. According to Secretary of State for Business and Trade Peter Kyle, the loan will be repaid within the next five years.

The attack has already left a mark on the car manufacturer’s financial results. In November, Jaguar Land Rover reported a loss of £485 million in sales and an additional £196 million in “cyber-related costs,” such as hiring security specialists to help restart IT systems. And that was between July 1st and September 30th, 2025.

The numbers for the third quarter are in, and they’re looking gloomy.

According to the numbers, 59,200 vehicles were sold through wholesalers, which is 43.3% less than a year earlier. Retail sales amounted to 79,600 vehicles, which means sales went down 25.1% compared to a year earlier.

Management blames the cybersecurity incident for the disastrous financial results.

“Production returned to normal levels only by mid‑November, post the cyber incident. Due to this and also the time required to distribute vehicles globally once produced, wholesale and retail volumes reduced on a quarter-on-quarter and year‑on‑year basis,” Jaguar Land Rover’s financial report reads.

The Cyber Monitoring Centre (CMC), an independent, non-profit organization that analyzes and categorizes cyber events that impact organizations in the United Kingdom, calculated that the cyberattack on Jaguar Land Rover is the “most damaging event” in the history of the UK.

According to the Bank of England, the UK’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew significantly less than expected due to the cyberattack on Jaguar Land Rover.

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