Russian hackers were behind $2.5 billion hack of Jaguar Land Rover: report

A report says Russian hackers were behind a 2.5 billion-dollar cyberattack on Jaguar Land Rover, one of the U.K.’s largest employers. The attack last year reportedly halted production for months and caused a dent in the country’s economy. The U.K. government responded by bailing out the company with a payment of £1.5 billion, about $2 billion, and estimates put the wider British economic cost at $2.5 billion. While The New York Times, citing people close to the investigation, attributes the breach to a Russian hacking group, it remains unclear whether they acted directly for Vladimir Putin’s government, as criminals, or under tacit approval. Microsoft tracked the group and alerted JLR, the Times reports, alongside investigators including the FBI, Britain’s NCA, NCSC, Google Mandiant, and Palo Alto Networks. The report also notes a separate Jordanian hacker, known as Rey, broke into some JLR networks.