CDK World informed its automobile dealership purchasers Tuesday that the software program instruments powering their companies will seemingly stay unavailable for the rest of the month after the corporate was hacked, inflicting a system-wide outage. 

The announcement comes one full week after the preliminary CDK cyberattack, which the corporate is asking a “ransom occasion,” crippling 15,000 auto sellers throughout the U.S.

“We do really feel it is vital to share that we don’t imagine we are going to in a position to get all sellers stay previous to June 30,” CDK World stated in a recorded message on a assist line and in a memo despatched to dealerships Tuesday.

The corporate added it’s “persevering with the restoration means of our core purposes” and that progress has been made getting methods practical once more after a number of cyberattacks by a gaggle believed to be based mostly in Jap Europe introduced them down.

Given the outage is anticipated to final for at the least 5 extra days, CDK inspired its seller purchasers to contemplate different methods of processing gross sales till its system is full restored. 

“Ought to that you must make alternate plans on your month-end monetary shut course of, it is best to achieve this to assist hold your dealership working till the purposes are recovered,” CDK stated within the recording. It additionally directed clients to a dealership useful resource middle with generally used purposes and varieties that stay obtainable to clients. 

The cyberattacks have left many auto seller spinning their wheels as they attempt to service automobile buyers. Some dealerships have closed in the course of the outage, whereas others say they’ve thousands and thousands of {dollars} on the road. CDK has not indicated whether or not it can present purchasers with any monetary treatments associated to the outage.