[UK] Payroll data was stolen in Jaguar Land Rover hack

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has revealed that payroll data was among the information stolen by hackers earlier this year, Personnel Today reports.

The company was forced to shut down its systems on August 31 and send employees home for several weeks to limit potential damage from a cyberattack, believed to be the most expensive in UK history.

The stolen information included data relating to the payroll and benefits of current and former employees, such as bank account details, national insurance numbers, tax codes, and addresses.

JLR has reportedly alerted affected employees that they could be at risk of identity fraud.

In an email, JLR said, “While investigating, we have unfortunately identified that there has been unauthorised access to some personal data we process in the context of employment and some information needed to administer payroll, benefits and staff schemes to employees and dependents. This includes data of ex-JLR team members that has been stored.”

At this time, there is no evidence that the data has been misused or made public. However, employees have been offered two years of credit monitoring. The breach has been reported to the Information Commissioner’s Office.

Speaking to The Telegraph, a JLR spokesperson said, “Since the safe and successful restart of global vehicle manufacturing, the forensic investigation into the cyber incident at JLR has continued.

“From the ongoing forensic investigation, JLR believes that certain data related to current and former JLR employees and contractors was affected by the cyber incident.

“We remain in dialogue with the relevant regulators, and we are in the process of contacting current and former employees and contractors as necessary.

“We are committed to supporting all current and former employees and contractors through this period, and we have set up a help line and arranged for access to credit and/or identity monitoring services.

“We are very sorry that the incident happened and would like to thank everyone connected with JLR for their continued support.”

The cyberattack reportedly had a wide-ranging impact, affecting around 5,000 businesses in the company’s supply chain with an estimated cost of £1.9bn. The Office for National Statistics stated that it had knocked 0.17 percentage points off economic growth.

Source: Personnel Today

(Quotes via original reporting)

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has revealed that payroll data was among the information stolen by hackers earlier this year, Personnel Today reports.

The company was forced to shut down its systems on August 31 and send employees home for several weeks to limit potential damage from a cyberattack, believed to be the most expensive in UK history.

The stolen information included data relating to the payroll and benefits of current and former employees, such as bank account details, national insurance numbers, tax codes, and addresses.

JLR has reportedly alerted affected employees that they could be at risk of identity fraud.

In an email, JLR said, “While investigating, we have unfortunately identified that there has been unauthorised access to some personal data we process in the context of employment and some information needed to administer payroll, benefits and staff schemes to employees and dependents. This includes data of ex-JLR team members that has been stored.”

At this time, there is no evidence that the data has been misused or made public. However, employees have been offered two years of credit monitoring. The breach has been reported to the Information Commissioner’s Office.

Speaking to The Telegraph, a JLR spokesperson said, “Since the safe and successful restart of global vehicle manufacturing, the forensic investigation into the cyber incident at JLR has continued.

“From the ongoing forensic investigation, JLR believes that certain data related to current and former JLR employees and contractors was affected by the cyber incident.

“We remain in dialogue with the relevant regulators, and we are in the process of contacting current and former employees and contractors as necessary.

“We are committed to supporting all current and former employees and contractors through this period, and we have set up a help line and arranged for access to credit and/or identity monitoring services.

“We are very sorry that the incident happened and would like to thank everyone connected with JLR for their continued support.”

The cyberattack reportedly had a wide-ranging impact, affecting around 5,000 businesses in the company’s supply chain with an estimated cost of £1.9bn. The Office for National Statistics stated that it had knocked 0.17 percentage points off economic growth.

Source: Personnel Today

(Quotes via original reporting)