The car dealership computer outage that wrecked 15,000 stores in North America may soon be fully resolved on July 4.
In a statement to The Verge, CDK Global claimed its "phased approach" to resolve the outage is expected to be completed by late July 3, Wednesday, or early morning on July 4, Thursday.
The statement follows the car dealership digital provider's earlier assessment that it does not expect to restore all of its clients' online services before June 30.
This was after the company promised that the restoration process would only take "several days."
While CDK Global said it has already offered alternate digital services to affected stores, many car dealers reported halting digital operations for days as they resorted to pen and paper to continue their services.
The new estimates came as CDK Global reported more car dealership systems being restored nearly two weeks after the initial outage was first noted on June 19.
CDK Global Faces Litigations Over Major Ransomware Attack
Amid concerns of delays in system restoration efforts, several car dealers have already filed lawsuits against CDK Global for its "negligence in protecting users of its systems."
As of writing, at least six would-be class-action lawsuits have already been filed against the company as car dealers seek damages for the service disruption and data breach.
The lawsuit came as reports of BlackSuit, the hacker group that infiltrated CDK Global's system, auctioning corporate, employee, and customer data stolen from car dealers via CDK's digital archives.
Other litigations even accused the company of breaching its contract for failing to provide sufficient security to its clients' data.
BlackSuit Ransomware Attacks Surge in 2024
BlackSuit is the same ransomware group responsible for the recent ransomware attack on Kadokawa Group, one of the biggest media industries in Japan, just last week.
Before its attack on CDK Global, the group was also reported to have leaked sensitive Kansas City Police Department data after the authorities refused to pay the ransom demand.
The cybercrime gang has been noted to have increased operations this year after one of the most prominent ransomware forum boards, "BreachForums," just weeks after it was taken down.
