"Building vehicles is a hugely complex process. Hundreds of different companies provide parts, materials, electronics, and more to vehicle manufacturers, and these expansive supply chain networks often rely upon "just-in-time" manufacturing. That means they order parts and services to be delivered in the specific quantities that are needed and exactly when they need them-large stockpiles of parts are unlikely to be held by auto makers."
""The supplier networks that are supplying into these manufacturing plants, they're all set up for efficiency-economic efficiency, and also logistic efficiency," says Siraj Ahmed Shaikh, a professor in systems security at Swansea University. "There's a very carefully orchestrated supply chain," Shaikh adds, speaking about automotive manufacturing generally. "There's a critical dependency for those suppliers supplying into this kind of an operation. As soon as there is a disruption at this kind of facility, then all the suppliers get affected.""
A Telegram group called Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters claimed responsibility for the cyberattack and the name implies possible collaboration among Scattered Spider, Lapsus$, and Shiny Hunters. These collectives are often composed of young, English-speaking cybercriminals targeting major businesses. Vehicle manufacturing depends on hundreds of suppliers and just-in-time ordering, leaving little stock of parts. Supplier networks are configured for economic and logistic efficiency and form a carefully orchestrated supply chain with critical dependencies. Disruption at a manufacturing facility cascades to suppliers. Some suppliers producing components such as glass sunroofs have started laying off workers. OPmobility is reconfiguring production at certain sites and monitoring the situation.
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