{"id":191591,"date":"2024-06-22T00:22:28","date_gmt":"2024-06-22T05:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/cdk-hackers-demand-millions-to-end-cyberattack-crippling-auto-dealers-bloomberg"},"modified":"2024-06-22T00:22:28","modified_gmt":"2024-06-22T05:22:28","slug":"cdk-hackers-demand-millions-to-end-cyberattack-crippling-auto-dealers-bloomberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/cdk-hackers-demand-millions-to-end-cyberattack-crippling-auto-dealers-bloomberg","title":{"rendered":"CDK hackers demand millions to end cyberattack crippling auto dealers: Bloomberg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/cdk-hackers-demand-millions-to-end-cyberattack-crippling-auto-dealers-bloomberg2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A group that says they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/cars\/2024\/06\/19\/cdk-cyber-attack-hits-automotive-dealers\/74150427007\/\" data-type=link data-id=https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/cars\/2024\/06\/19\/cdk-cyber-attack-hits-automotive-dealers\/74150427007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|u class=gnt_ar_b_a>hacked software company CDK Global<\/a> is demanding tens of millions of dollars in ransom, Bloomberg reported.<\/p>\n<p>CDK, which provides software to car dealerships in North America, intends to pay the ransom but discussions are subject to change, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-06-21\/cdk-hackers-want-millions-in-ransom-to-end-car-dealership-outage?utm_source=twitter&cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&utm_content=business&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&sref=y3YMCJ4e&embedded-checkout=true\" data-type=link data-t-l=:b|z|k|u class=gnt_ar_b_a>Bloomberg\u2019s report<\/a> which cited a person familiar with the situation.<\/p>\n<p>The source said the group behind the hack is believed to be based in eastern Europe, Bloomberg reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group that says they hacked software company CDK Global is demanding tens of millions of dollars in ransom, Bloomberg reported. CDK, which provides software to car dealerships in North America, intends to pay the ransom but discussions are subject to change, according to Bloomberg\u2019s report which cited a person familiar with the situation. The [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-191591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cybercrime-malcode","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191591\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}