Leading car dealership software program down after cyber attack

EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — A leading software program for car dealerships across the US is currently shut down.

CDK Global, a software company serving auto dealerships nationwide, was hacked Wednesday morning, out of an abundance of caution, CDK temporarily shut down most of its systems, leaving any car dealerships that use CDK Global stranded with no access to certain files and systems.

Wednesday afternoon, the company was able to restore most of its services, but later in the evening, the company was attacked again.

“Late in the evening of June 19, we experienced an additional cyber incident and proactively shut down most of our systems. In partnership with third-party experts, we are assessing the impact and providing regular updates to our customers. We remain vigilant in our efforts to reinstate our services and get our dealers back to business as usual as quickly as possible.”

CDK Global

At this time, it is unclear if any of CDK’s systems are restored and how severe the cyber attack is.

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