Peter Cassat weighs in on the discussion about a recent cyberattack against CDK Global in InformationWeek.

Read a snippet from the article below by Carrie Pallardy

“I would expect that we would see class-action consumer lawsuits because of all the PII that is in the DMS,” says Peter Cassat, a partner at full-service law firm Culhane and former general counsel at auto dealership New Country Motor Car Group.  

A cyberattack of this scale also comes with reputational impact. “CDK for years has been charging access fees to the DMS for all third-party providers,” says Cassat. “They’ve been charged … for security reasons.” In the wake of a security incident like this, customers may view the company differently.  

“I think it’s a big reputational sort of a problem for CDK and what its narrative is going to be going forward,” Cassat adds. 

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