CDK Global, a company that provides software for thousands of auto dealers in the U.S. and Canada, was hit by back-to-back cyberattacks Wednesday. That led to an outage that has continued to impact operations.
For prospective car buyers, that’s meant delays at dealerships or vehicle orders written up by hand. There’s no immediate end in sight, but CDK says it expects the restoration process to take “several days” to complete.
Ah we cross paths again…
Nope the bosses want us to use one of the largest platforms because those are the best supported… usually
Also security; in many places, IT is a cost rather than being seen as an investment… car dealers want a nice building because that attracts people— fsck IT, it doesn’t attract people to buy cars…