Car dealerships have been brought to a standstill across the United States after a software provider was hit by a ransomware attack.
The attack, believed to be by the BlackSuit ransomware gang, forced CDK Global, makers of a platform widely used by car dealerships to conduct their everyday business, to down its IT systems and data centers.
Read more in my article on the Exponential-e blog.
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