Retail software and technology provider CDK Global announced that, in anticipation of a cyber threat, it had temporarily shut down all of its systems.
Retail software and technology supplier CDK Global said on Wednesday that it had temporarily shut down all of its systems in anticipation of a cyber threat and was looking into it. The company, which supplies software to auto dealerships, announced the restoration of its digital retailing solutions and core dealer management system. It claimed that, following the incident, it had also conducted tests and talked with outside specialists. In an email, CDK stated, “We are continuing to conduct extensive tests on all other applications, and we will provide updates as we bring those applications back online.” According to the article, CDK’s systems first failed at 2:00 a.m. EDT (0600 GMT), and by Wednesday afternoon, some of the services had returned.
According to an article, CDK’s systems first failed at 2:00 a.m. EDT (0600 GMT), and by Wednesday afternoon, some of the services had returned. The business was taken private in April 2022, when it was acquired by investment firm Brookfield Business Partners for $6.41 billion in cash. At the time, it was the last significant publicly traded supplier of software to automakers and dealers. We have received reports of a CDK outage. In an email, Ford Motor Company (F.N.) said, “We are currently evaluating any impact on our Ford Dealers.”
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