Auto dealers across the U.S. and Canada have gone days without software systems crucial to running their business, following multiple cyberattacks on CDK Global of Hoffman Estates.

CDK Global, a software company used by more than 15,000 car dealerships across the nation, has been offline since last week thanks to a cyberattack.

Car dealerships use CDK's software to track what vehicles are on their lots, conduct credit checks, generate interest rates for auto loans and complete sales contracts, among other functions.

A hack on CDK Global, the system many dealerships use to track sales and service, is forcing them back to the analog era.

Auto dealerships, including GM dealers, suffered almost $1 billion in losses because of cyberattacks against dealership management system provider CDK Global.

CDK said last week that “substantially all” of the nearly 15,000 car dealerships that use its software across North America were back online to its core management system.

CDK Global said Wednesday that it has been able to bring a “small initial test group” of car dealerships back online, a week after a crippling software outage left thousands of car sellers ...

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