{"id":5050,"date":"2026-04-02T05:39:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T05:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ft365.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/02\/eight-in-10-uk-manufacturers-hit-by-cyber-incident-in-a-year\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T05:39:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T05:39:10","slug":"eight-in-10-uk-manufacturers-hit-by-cyber-incident-in-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ft365.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/02\/eight-in-10-uk-manufacturers-hit-by-cyber-incident-in-a-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Eight in 10 UK Manufacturers Hit by Cyber Incident in a Year"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The impact of cyber-attacks on UK manufacturers extended well beyond Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) last year, with 78% of businesses\u00a0suffering a serious incident, according to new data from ESET.<\/p>\n

The security vendor polled 500 senior decision-makers responsible for IT, OT, operations, risk or security in UK manufacturing organizations, to understand more about threats to the sector.<\/p>\n

Almost all (95%) respondents admitted that an\u00a0attack had a direct impact on their business, and most (53%) suffered financial loss as a result. Supply chain disruption (44%) and missed customer or supplier commitments (39%) were also common, according to the study.<\/p>\n

Of the organizations that experienced a full or partial shutdown as a result of an intrusion, most (77%) suffered between 1-7 days downtime, while 56% reported 1-3 days of outages.<\/p>\n

Read more on manufacturing breaches: JLR Hack UK’s Costliest Ever, Hitting Economy with \u00a31.9bn Loss<\/em><\/p>\n

Despite mounting threats, a fifth of respondents claimed to have limited or no visibility into cyber risk that could impact production.<\/p>\n

AI-enabled attacks were cited by more respondents (46%) as a threat to production than any other type, including phishing (42%), ransomware (40%) and unauthorized system access (38%).<\/p>\n

Boards Must Take Control<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Although the cautionary tale of JLR is still fresh in the memory of senior leaders, most do not appear to be engaged with managing cyber risk.<\/p>\n

Only 22% of respondents said they assign accountability to board or executive leadership, with ownership for cyber staying within IT for most (55%). That typically betrays low levels of maturity in an organization\u2019s approach to cyber \u2013 as does reactive security.<\/p>\n

A fifth (21%) of responding organizations admitted they still favor reactive over preventative measures, which can lead to knee-jerk investment in point solutions and a culture of firefighting problems rather than seeking strategic solutions.<\/p>\n

ESET UK country manager, Matt Knell, argued that the JLR incident should be a wake-up call for executives in domestic manufacturing businesses.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe real challenge is that many organizations still treat cybersecurity as an IT issue rather than a strategic business decision. When it sits outside the boardroom, it\u2019s harder to prioritize appropriately,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s striking is that many organizations still see reactive approaches as more economical, despite the evidence to the contrary. With many major incidents resulting in six-figure losses and widespread operational disruption, the cost of reacting after the fact can be significant.\u201d<\/p>\n

A recent IBM\u00a0X-Force study which revealed that manufacturing accounted for 28% of incidents last year, the fifth consecutive year as the most targeted sector.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The impact of cyber-attacks on UK manufacturers extended well beyond Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) last year, with 78% of businesses\u00a0suffering a serious incident, according to new data from ESET. The security vendor polled 500 senior decision-makers responsible for IT, OT, operations, risk or security in UK manufacturing organizations, to understand more about threats to the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5051,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["http:\/\/ft365.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5050-0f04558a-9d7e-45d9-8546-1846141d82e8.jpg",300,300,false],"thumbnail":["http:\/\/ft365.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5050-0f04558a-9d7e-45d9-8546-1846141d82e8-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["http:\/\/ft365.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5050-0f04558a-9d7e-45d9-8546-1846141d82e8.jpg",300,300,false],"medium_large":["http:\/\/ft365.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5050-0f04558a-9d7e-45d9-8546-1846141d82e8.jpg",300,300,false],"large":["http:\/\/ft365.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5050-0f04558a-9d7e-45d9-8546-1846141d82e8.jpg",300,300,false],"1536x1536":["http:\/\/ft365.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5050-0f04558a-9d7e-45d9-8546-1846141d82e8.jpg",300,300,false],"2048x2048":["http:\/\/ft365.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5050-0f04558a-9d7e-45d9-8546-1846141d82e8.jpg",300,300,false],"morenews-featured":["http:\/\/ft365.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5050-0f04558a-9d7e-45d9-8546-1846141d82e8.jpg",300,300,false],"morenews-large":["http:\/\/ft365.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5050-0f04558a-9d7e-45d9-8546-1846141d82e8.jpg",300,300,false],"morenews-medium":["http:\/\/ft365.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5050-0f04558a-9d7e-45d9-8546-1846141d82e8.jpg",300,300,false],"crawlomatic_preview_image":["http:\/\/ft365.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5050-0f04558a-9d7e-45d9-8546-1846141d82e8-146x146.jpg",146,146,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"henry","author_link":"http:\/\/ft365.org\/index.php\/author\/henry\/"},"category_info":"Uncategorized<\/a>","tag_info":"Uncategorized","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ft365.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ft365.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ft365.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ft365.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ft365.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/ft365.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ft365.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ft365.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ft365.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ft365.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}