Jaguar Land Rover cyber attack cost UK €2.2bn

Around 5,000 businesses have been hit by the fallout of the attack

Jaguar Land Rover stopped production across its British factories for five weeks from September 1 after being targeted by hackers. Picture: Jaguar Land Rover/PA Wire

The cyberattack on Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is estimated to have been the most economically damaging hack in British history and cost the country around £1.9bn (€2.2bn), according to a report.

Around 5,000 businesses across the country have been hit by the fallout of the attack, according to research from the Cyber Monitoring Centre (CMC).