Introduction

Jaguar Land Rover Hit by HELLCAT Ransomware Exposing IP, No Customer Data Breach outlines a March 2025 intrusion that disrupted internal systems at Jaguar Land Rover while leaking significant intellectual property and employee data. This incident touches core themes in modern cybersecurity including ransomware, exfiltration, ip leakage, supply chain risk, development tool misuse, jira credential hygiene, zero trust adoption, automotive vendor risk, attribution to dark web actors, and exposure of vehicle ip and internal systems.