Around 25,000 Mercedes-Benz employees have demonstrated against the planned sale of the company’s car dealerships, workers’ representatives in Germany said on Tuesday. Some 10,000 people joined a protest at the luxury car-builder’s plant in Sindelfingen in the state of Baden-Württemberg, according to the General Works Council and the IG Metall trade union. Under the slogan […]
As the ongoing systems outage at software provider CDK Global stretches into its second week, car dealerships are racking up millions of dollars in losses, according to a new estimate. Workers across the US automotive industry told CNN that the software blackout, which the company said was caused by a cyberattack, has made it difficult […]
If you aren’t in the market for a car or your family’s income isn’t tied to a car dealership, you might not be aware of crippling cyber attacks that have left nearly 15,000 dealerships across North America struggling to provide services to customers. Or if you are aware of it, you might think, “Well that […]
A CDK Global system outage has affected nearly every aspect of the Mazda dealership in Seekonk, Massachusetts, where Ryan Callahan is general sales manager. He says it won’t be a simple fix. “The financial impact it will directly have on us will take months to correct, if not years,” Callahan said. Car buyers and dealers […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Car dealerships in North America continue to wrestle with major disruptions that started last week with cyberattacks on a software company used widely in the auto retail sales sector. CDK Global, a company that provides software for thousands of auto dealers in the U.S. and Canada, was hit by back-to-back cyberattacks […]
Multiple cyberattacks affecting a software company that powers operations for car dealerships across the U.S. are disrupting operations in California’s capital region, according to several auto groups. CDK Global, a software company that provides dealerships with assistance in sales transactions, has been hit with multiple cyberattacks since Wednesday, as reported this week by the Associated […]
Cyberattacks on a software widely used by car dealerships have hamstrung operations both locally and across the country. Software provider CDK Global shut down most of its systems “out of an abundance of caution” for customers Wednesday morning, CDK Global spokesperson Lisa Finney wrote in a statement to The Enquirer. By Wednesday afternoon, the company […]
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The Mobile Police Department is investigating car thefts from area dealerships and sharing tips to prevent similar crimes, News 5 has learned. 3-year-old found with backpack containing 2 kilograms of cocaine, woman arrested: MCSO According to an announcement from the MPD, the four thefts occurred after test drives of cars at […]
A Lexington man was federally charged for money laundering crimes after he was found by the U.S. Secret Service to be a posing as luxury car salesman and scamming high-end dealerships. Hussein Qasim, 34, of Lexington, faces two federal charges of conspiracy to commit money laundering and transactional money laundering, according to a criminal complaint […]
Jan. 28—EAU CLAIRE — On Tuesday, Morrie’s Auto Group out of Minnesota announced their acquisition of Chilson Motors, including three locations within the Chippewa Valley. This acquisition includes Chilson Eau Claire Subaru, Chilson Chippewa Falls Chrysler Dodge Jeep RAM and Chilson Cadott Chrysler Dodge Jeep RAM, and expands Morrie’s coverage of Wisconsin and the Midwest. […]
(Reuters) -Electric vehicle company Fisker said on Thursday that it would add dealerships alongside its direct-to-customer distribution model to expand its sales and delivery network. The California-based company, which sells its vehicles across the United States and Canada apart from other markets in Europe, has only two showrooms or Fisker Lounges in North America – […]