Group 1 Automotive taking measures to protect systems after CDK cyber hack

Group 1 Automotive

24/06/2024 12:20

June 24 (Reuters) - Auto dealer Group 1 Automotive
 GPI.N  said on Monday it is taking proactive measures to
protect and isolate its systems from CDK's services, after the
car-dealer software provider's platform faced outages last week.
    "Despite the CDK service outage, all Group 1 U.S.
dealerships continue to conduct business using alternative
processes until CDK's dealers' systems are available," Group 1
Automotive said.
    CDK said on Sunday it had begun work to restore its systems
used by over 15,000 dealers across North America.
    Bloomberg News reported on Friday that a group of hackers
claiming responsibility for the attack on CDK's software systems
had demanded millions of dollars in ransom to put an end to the
hack.
    CDK expects to restore its dealer management system in a few
days while it's unclear how much time will be needed to resume
other affected applications, Group 1 said.

 (Reporting by Kannaki Deka in Bengaluru; Editing by Mohammed
Safi Shamsi)
 ((Kannaki.Deka@thomsonreuters.com))