Robert Peston, who was the first to report on the government's bailout of banks in the 2008 financial crisis, reports the UK government is considering bailing out JLR's suppliers by effectively becoming the lender of last resort - by buying parts off suppliers, and then reselling them to Jaguar Land Rover.

In effect the UK government will become JLR's supplier's customer.

https://www.itv.com/news/2025-09-24/how-the-government-plans-to-support-jaguar-land-rover-suppliers

The BBC reports “Senior government figures are concerned about a pattern of cyber attacks on UK institutions and businesses, such as the British Library, Marks & Spencer, and the Co-op.”

They should be. We’ve got to collectively work together to defuse the ransomware economy - even if that means repositioning security industry incentives.

We’ve also got to be deeply honest about where the challenges are coming from - which is not just Russia, but at home in the UK.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62nv0xx32go

The FT has figured out JLR have no insurance.

I'm not sure they'll take the full cost of recovery though - since the government is likely bailing out their key suppliers.

https://www.ft.com/content/c301e78a-38e7-4818-b367-14af85130c61

For those who haven't been following JLR in detail, key chain of events:

1) JLR outsource key IT and infosec functions to TCS, approved by 1x director and 2x NEDs on both JLR and TCS boards

2) JLR transfer staff by TUPE to TCS

3) TCS lay off transferred UK staff, including cyber risk and governance and cyber monitoring

4) record profits for a decade

5) got hacked

6) company stops functioning

7) get government to bail out their key suppliers (in progress)