Data Protection in the Car Industry Combating Software Breaches at Dealerships

Two cyberattacks on dealer software provider CDK Global have sent 15000 car dealers across North America scrambling. After "cyber incidents" on June 19 and 20 took down CDK Global, a software-as-a-service vendor for more than 15,000 car dealerships, ... CDK Global, a company ... Car dealers hit by the cyber-attack on CDK Global's dealer management system software probably won't be able to get back to normal before ... Car dealerships across North America are facing ongoing disruptions as software provider CDK Global grapples with the aftermath of a cyberattack Wednesday. This might also set back car buying ion the near future as many are turned away from not only the high prices but also the difficulty in ... Hackers took down CDK's sales and client management software tools two weeks ago, crippling the auto industry in what the company called a " ... CDK Global faces at least eight lawsuits from auto dealerships over cyberattacks that took down the software provider's dealer management system. An attack on an auto retailers' management platform affected more than 15,000 dealerships, to the tune of $1 billion. ... As cars run on gas and ... Since CDK discovered the breach and shut off systems on June 19, chaos has ensued at many of the roughly 15,000 car dealerships that it counts ...