5 comments

  • petermcneeley 31 minutes ago
  • spacebanana7 41 minutes ago

    Attacking - or even appearing to attack - national brands is totally counterproductive. They’re all but guaranteed government bailouts. And it’s very hard to argue against.

    Saying that JLR should’ve had better cybersecurity misses the point of being attacked by a hostile state. If a cruise missile were used it’d be silly to say JLR should’ve had underground factories or other protective measures.

    • B1FF_PSUVM 18 minutes ago

      > national brands

      Sort of. JLR is owned by Tata Group.

      • linksnapzz 5 minutes ago

        The money, and a tiny fraction of the management, are Tata.

        (Unfortunately, so is the outsourced IT contract...)

        The jobs, and the factories, are still in the West Midlands where they've always been.

        • toomuchtodo 2 minutes ago

          Tata’s outsourcing decisions are what led to the UK government having to step in to prevent job losses at scale in the supply chain. This is a partial cost of nationalization without any of the benefit, while Tata continues to own and control the enterprise.