CDK Global investigating cyber incident, briefly shut all systems

Brookfield Business Partners LP

19/06/2024 22:57

June 19 (Reuters) - Retail technology and software
provider CDK Global was investigating a cyber incident and had
briefly shut all its systems down proactively, it said on
Wednesday.
    The company, which provides software to car dealerships,
said its core dealer management system and digital retailing
solutions had been restored. 
    CDK Global added that it had tested and consulted with
external third-party experts after the incident.
    "We are continuing to conduct extensive tests on all other
applications, and we will provide updates as we bring those
applications back online," the company said in an emailed
statement to Reuters.
    CDK's systems first went down around 2:00 a.m. EDT (0600
GMT) and some functions began to come back online by Wednesday
afternoon, according to a report by  Bloomberg News.
    The company was bought by investment firm Brookfield
Business Partners in April 2022 for $6.41 billion in cash in a
deal that took private the last major publicly traded provider
of software to auto dealers and manufacturers.
    Ford  F.N , General Motors  GM.N  and BMW did not
immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment sent
outside regular U.S. business hours on whether the cyber
incident had affected their dealerships.

 (Reporting by Juveria Tabassum; Editing by Josie Kao)
 ((Juveria.Tabassum@thomsonreuters.com;))