Jaguar Land Rover Extends Production Shutdown After Cyberattack

By Dominic Chopping

Jaguar Land Rover has extended a production shutdown into next week as it continues to grapple with the fallout from a cyberattack.

The British automaker, owned by India's Tata Motors, said Tuesday that production will remain halted until Sept. 24, extending the stoppage to more than three weeks.

"We have taken this decision as our forensic investigation of the cyber incident continues, and as we consider the different stages of the controlled restart of our global operations, which will take time," it said in a statement.

The company, which manufacturers Land Rover, Jaguar and Range Rover models, stopped production at the beginning of September after reporting manufacturing and retail operations had been severely disrupted by a cyberattack.

It later discovered that some data had been affected, without being more specific, adding that it would contact any customers and suppliers should it find their data has been affected.

Last week, U.K. trade union Unite warned that thousands of workers in the JLR supply chain were at risk of losing their livelihoods due to the disruption and urged the government to step in with a furlough plan to support them.

Write to Dominic Chopping at dominic.chopping@wsj.com