Car dealerships across North America continue to wrestle with disruptions that started last week. 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 on Wednesday.
  • @jas0nEnglish
    73•6 months ago

    Then, they look confused when I tell them I don’t want the thing connected to the Internet.

    • @modusEnglish
      2•6 months ago

      But how will they know about your driving habits? How will they sell data to the actuaries? You’re being selfish. What are you hiding?

    • NoSpiritAnimalEnglish
      3•6 months ago

      This is hurting blue collar workers the most, FYI.

        • @T156English
          4•6 months ago

          Crack enough eggs, and you won’t have any left for the omelette.

          • @[email protected]English
            -3•6 months ago

            Oh well. If I can’t have any then the rich assholes shouldn’t either.

            Also how the fuck does your analogy make any sense? "Keep cracking eggs (for the omelette) and you won’t have any left ( for the omelette you just made). Sick of clowns like you.

                • NoSpiritAnimalEnglish
                  -1•6 months ago

                  So your plan to fix capitalism is to make the working class poorer?

                  Yes, it’s us with a poor grasp of how things work. You don’t even know what this software is for. Hint: it’s not for selling cars.

  • @ikiddEnglish
    28•6 months ago

    To be fair, the normal operation of dealership software is hardly distinguishable from a complete malware infection.

    I’ve dealt with Reynolds and Reynolds, and ADP, and they are utter bags of moldy dogshit at the best of times.

  • Semi-Hemi-LemmygodEnglish
    6•6 months ago

    My kid’s doctor had their prescription service ransomwared. They paid it, and then got ransomwared again by the same folks.

    It’s been six months now, the prescription system is broken, and they’ve been using paper prescriptions since then with no idea when things will get fixed.

  • @[email protected]English
    6•6 months ago

    I stopped using the dealership when they required paying by typing my card information into their http website. They said they couldn’t take physical cards anymore due to Covid. Then they handed me a pen to sign for the work to get my keys.

  • @HUMAN_TRASHEnglish
    4•6 months ago

    I work at a Mack truck dealer and this has been a pain in the ass

  • @aramovaEnglish
    4•6 months ago

    SaaS has a downside you say?

    Shocked I tell you! Shocked!

  • @PunnyNameEnglish
    -2•6 months ago

    Now we just need to nuke them all from orbit and move to a better transit world.

    • @gaifuxEnglish
      -13•6 months ago

      Too much of a leftist grift even for Lemmy, yikes

      • @cm0002English
        15•6 months ago

        Probably because of the nukes, if you have a weapons platform in orbit you can do something like launch large metal rods and it’ll have the same destructive force without any of the nasty radioactive fallout