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Do you think your company is too small? This was pulled off the Data Cloud telegram feed on 7.3.24. There are far more of these than Giant news-making CDK breaches. This is the real face of cybercrime. Are you as safe as you think with your firewalls and antivirus? Do you know that 75 percent of ransomware victims report having up-to-date antivirus software? Your IT folks can‘t prevent 100% of cyber-attacks, period. Find out your weaknesses today and how to reduce your risk. Would you ever proofread your own work? We are designed to work with in-house, contracted, or outsourced IT arrangements. If you don’t have a current IT provider, we can assist with finding a great partner or hiring a competent employee. https://lnkd.in/gMYRdXDM

Yesterday, I had the privilege of being interviewed by the video version of Automotive News in Atlanta. I am passionately advocating for the portability of dealership data, a crucial step towards a more efficient and secure industry. I envision this becoming a demand across all DMS systems, and I urge you to join me in this movement. Let's ensure this issue never repeats, and our industry continues to evolve. https://lnkd.in/ggxVy4na If this information can help anyone you know please pass it along! ?? I create content around everything dealership Cyber security using 'real people talk.' ?? Ring my Bell on my Profile, so you always catch my posts. ?? Connect with me: I promise I won't 'pitch slap' your DM's. ?? Check out @NorthrockCybersecurity on YouTube. A special thank you to Andy Runyan, Art Gross, and Antony Sdao for additional input and perspectives, and as always thank you to my Northrock Technical Services @ Northrock Cybersecurity teams

Yesterday, I had the privilege of being interviewed by the video version of Automotive News in Atlanta. I am passionately advocating for the portability of dealership data, a crucial step towards a more efficient and secure industry. I envision this becoming a demand across all DMS systems, and I urge you to join me in this movement. Let's ensure this issue never repeats, and our industry continues to evolve. https://lnkd.in/ggxVy4na If this information can help anyone you know please pass it along! ?? I create content around everything dealership Cyber security using 'real people talk.' ?? Ring my Bell on my Profile, so you always catch my posts. ?? Connect with me: I promise I won't 'pitch slap' your DM's. ?? Check out @NorthrockCybersecurity on YouTube. A special thank you to Andy Runyan, Art Gross, and Antony Sdao for additional input and perspectives, and as always thank you to my Northrock Technical Services @ Northrock Cybersecurity teams

?? Please be aware that there are bad actors posing as CDK support representatives who are contacting dealership personnel to gain remote access to their systems. ? ??CDK support is *NOT* contacting anyone at this point. ? DO NOT ALLOW anyone on your system without your IT or IS department. Please stay vigilant and notify support of any suspicious system behavior or if you accidentally click on something. ?If you notice or experience anything severe and you cannot contact any IT support, please notify your leadership immediately. My companies 24/7/365 Emergency incident response hotline is available, please see comments for more information. ?? Do not try to open CDK Drive; your 'always on' connection to CDK should be off; these are critical! ?? ??♀? Please note: There is no word on when CDK will be available. It takes a considerable amount of time to perform a full security audit, we assume they will be working 24/7 to bring systems online. We are providing updates to as soon as they become available. By now, it should be clear that manual processes are critical to business continuity. If you do not have any, DM me for a pack of ~20 different generic automotive forms for various department operations. We can do this; we are strong ??. Let's show the world once again how resilient we are! If you are a automotive team member, I see you, I feel for you, I am praying for you. We will get through this.

?? Please be aware that there are bad actors posing as CDK support representatives who are contacting dealership personnel to gain remote access to their systems. ? CDK support is *NOT* contacting anyone at this point. ? DO NOT ALLOW anyone on your system without your IT or IS department. Please stay vigilant and notify support of any suspicious system behavior or if you accidentally click on something. ?If you notice or experience anything severe and you cannot contact any IT support please notify your leadership immediately. My companies 24/7/365 Emergency incident response hotline is available, please see comments for more information. ?? Do not try to open CDK Drive, your 'always on' connection to CDK should be off, these are critical ?? ??♀? Please note: There is no word on when CDK will be available. It takes a considerable amount of time to perform a full security audit, we assume they will be working 24/7 to bring systems online. We are providing updates to as soon as they become available. By now it should be clear that manual processes are critical to business continuity. If you do not have any, DM me for a pack of ~20 different generic automotive forms for various department operations. We can do this, we are strong ??. Lets show the world once again how resilient we are! If you are a automotive team member, I see you, I feel for you, I am praying for you. We will get through this.

CDK Announced a second wave of attacks last night. They have established an update hotline, see comments for update and numbers. This time they were able to disconnect their data centers. It is STILL my recommendation to disable your "always on" direct connection to them at the dealership. **If your dealership has been hacked as a result of this and you need advice or assistance, please reach out to me here, or through my companies incident response line in the comments. Update 11:40a: CDK had a small change with their message it went from saying they would be down for the day to saying they didn't know how long they would be down for and it could be days. There is supposed to be an update later today.

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