The cyberattack on CDK Global, a cornerstone of the automotive industry’s software infrastructure, continues to cast a long shadow over North American car dealerships. Launched on June 19th, the attack forced CDK to shut down critical systems, bringing sales, service, and overall dealership operations to a screeching halt. While CDK has initiated recovery efforts, dealerships…
Car dealerships across the United States faced disruptions for two consecutive days this week due to cyberattacks targeting CDK Global, a major provider of dealership management software. CDK shut down most of its systems on Wednesday as they investigated the cyber incident. The outage impacted critical dealership operations such as sales and service, potentially affecting…
In 2018, Marriott experienced a massive data breach. For years, the hotel chain defended itself by asserting that it had used strong encryption (AES-128) during the breach. However, during an April 10 hearing, Marriott’s attorneys admitted that they had never used AES-128 at the time. Instead, they had employed the less secure Secure Hash Algorithm…
