cyberattack

UK government bails out Jaguar Land Rover with £1.5B loan after hack disrupts vehicle production for weeks

The U.K. government has confirmed it will guarantee a commercial bank loan of £1.5 billion ($2bn) for carmaking giant Jaguar Land Rover after a hack forced the company to shut down its carmaking production lines and left downstream suppliers at risk of bankruptcy. In a statement on Sunday, U.K. ministers said that the government-backed loan […]

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Jaguar Land Rover to pause production until next week – at least 

Luxury car-maker Jaguar Land Rover will not resume production at its factories for yet another week as it continues to grapple with fallout from a cyberattack.   In early September, the Jaguar Land Rover stopped production at its factories in the U.K. after it was impacted by a cyberattack in which hackers stole company data.

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EU cyber agency confirms ransomware attack causing airport disruptions 

The airport disruptions across Europe that began over the weekend were caused by a ransomware attack, according to the European Union’s cybersecurity agency ENISA on Monday.   “ENISA is aware of the ongoing disruption of airports’ operations, which were caused by third-party ransomware incident. At this moment, ENISA cannot share further information regarding the cyberattack,”

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Jaguar Land Rover to pause production for third week due to cyberattack 

Luxury car-maker Jaguar Land Rover said Tuesday it will not resume vehicle manufacturing operations until at least September 24 due to a cyberattack earlier this month. In a new statement, the company said it informed colleagues, suppliers, and partners that the halt in production will extend into its third week. The company said this was

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VC firm Insight Partners says thousands of staff and limited partners had personal data stolen in a ransomware attack

Venture capital firm Insight Partners has notified thousands of people, including the firm’s limited partners, that their personal information was stolen by hackers in an earlier data breach. In a statement on September 4, the VC giant said it completed its review earlier in August following its data breach, which it described as a “social

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Samsung patches zero-day security flaw used to hack into its customers’ phones

Samsung says it has fixed a zero-day security vulnerability that is being used to hack into its customers’ phones.  The phone maker said the security flaw, discovered in a software library for displaying images on Samsung devices, allows hackers to remotely plant malicious code on Samsung devices running Android 13 through the most recent version,

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France says Apple notified victims of new spyware attacks

Apple has notified a number of individuals that their devices were targeted in a spyware campaign, according to the French government. France’s national cybersecurity response unit said on Thursday that it was aware that Apple on September 3 sent a new notification to affected customers whose Apple devices may have been hacked. The cybersecurity unit

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Jaguar Land Rover says data stolen in disruptive cyberattack

Jaguar Land Rover said on Wednesday that an unspecified amount of data was stolen during a cyberattack that has brought vehicle assembly lines to a standstill. In a statement on Wednesday, the U.K.-based maker of Land Rover and Range Rover vehicles said it was aware that “some data” was taken in the incident.  Companies that

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VC giant Insight Partners notifies staff and limited partners after data breach

Venture capital firm Insight Partners says it has completed notifying a number of individuals, including the firm’s limited partners, whose personal information was stolen by hackers in a January data breach.  In a statement late last week, the company said it completed its review in August following the data breach, which it described as a

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