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)

JLR have some of its IT systems back online. Production is still halted. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0q75q4l87no

I can’t see anything internet facing back online. Looks like they have bits of SAP back for supplier payment of historic orders.

Personally I think the UK is going to be one to watch now, as if I was an e-crime threat actor - I’d zero in on the UK.

Orgs have shown they will pay, teens getting in and poor MSPs shows poor security practices, the NCA won’t tell the ICO (data regulator) too around what actually happened, and the government will bail out orgs financially and provide IR help while they recover.

It’s all of the wrong messages being broadcast. Strap in.

If you look at the NCSC UK too, their remit is to help make the UK the safest place to do business..

but if you look at the general output lately, it’s quantum stuff and firewall espionage stuff. They’re good people but it feels too close to GCHQ, and so too far removed from the operational reality on the ground.

My view - saying the recent incidents should be a wake up call isn’t moving the needle enough in business.

So a lever is, if JLR need bailing out, put the PM on TV to announce it, explain why and the context of attacks on UK institutions, and announce paying all extortion attempts will be outlawed by the end of parliament. It would send shockwaves through business and force real resiliency planning.