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Connecticut car dealerships hit by cyberattack
MILFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — For the seventh consecutive day, car dealerships, parts suppliers and repair shops are dealing with a nationwide outage of a widely used software that was caused by a cyberattack.
CDK, a software used by 15,000 retail dealerships nationwide, experienced back-to-back cyberattacks last week. It caused the company to shut down all of its systems as an abundance of caution, but the issue has still not been resolved.
For dealerships like Napoli Nissan in Milford, the last seven days have been a time warp.
“We’re going 65-70 years back in time,” said Brendan Camilleri, the general sales manager. “Everything is all hand-written. Invoices are hand-written…everything from service to sales.”
Camilleri said the software is used for everything from purchasing to repairs. He added while business continues while the system down, the work is piling up.
“Over the last several years, we’ve automated everything to make a buyer’s experience much more smoother, and without having software to back us up makes it incredibly difficult,” he said, adding it has also caused delays for customers purchasing cars.
Service shops like Turnpike Motors in Newington said it is also affected by the cyberattack, which is causing delays in getting parts from its suppliers.
“If we call up and ask them if there’s a part they may have showed it in the inventory at one point, and they have to get out of the chair and go to the shelf to see if they actually have it,” Doug Fernandez, who owns Turnpike Motors, said. “All their inventory is frozen. They can’t keep count of it. They don’t know if they have one or 10 of anything right now.”
Fernandez and Camilleri both said they’ve received no indication as to when the software could be back online, but added the implications could have a ripple effect for months.
“It’s just messy,” Fernandez said. “The worst part about it is there’s a financial hit because you’re going to have to quote stuff out to deliver things and you’re going to have the wrong information and as the businesses we’re going to have to pay for those differences. And there’s just going to be a bunch of invoices and things that get lost.”
CDK Global did not respond to News 8’s request for comment.
Here are the forecast details for northern Connecticut via the National Weather Service:
Today: Sunny, with a high near 80. Light west wind increasing to 6 to 11 mph in the morning.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 56. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Monday: A chance of showers before 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 2pm and 4pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 76. Calm wind becoming southeast around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Monday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Low around 59. Southeast wind around 8 mph becoming southwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
WASHINGTON (7News) — A Park Police chase ends with a moped rider getting hit and killed on the Taft Bridge in Northwest D.C.
7News’ Washington, D.C. reporter, Phylicia Ashley, went to the scene moments after it happened Saturday evening and spoke to multiple witnesses.
Ximen DeFillippes was riding her bike near Woodley Road when she saw the chase.
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“The Park Police passed me. We were on Woodley Road. And then I saw the car they were pursuing,” said DeFillippes. “It was going very fast on the sidewalk. It drove up on the sidewalk up Woodley Road.”
DeFilippes was on one side of the Taft Bridge.
“I’d never seen anything that crazy,” said DeFillippes. “It was, it was like really like homicidal. It was just insane. I’ve never seen anything like that.”
7News also saw the aftermath of the chase and found Lamont Penry on the other side of the bridge. He also saw the chase. It ended on the steps of the Chinese Embassy staff housing.
“The car crashed into the diplomatic car,” Penry said. “A young man jumps out, takes off running down the street. The other three guys came out kind of dizzy. They apprehended one who was on the bench. One was at the rear. Tire of the vehicle, looked to be a Camry, and the other was on the other side of the diplomatic car.”
In the middle of the bridge, 7News saw the victim’s body covered by a white sheet. Witnesses said that when the chase reached the Taft Bridge, one of the vehicles involved struck someone riding a scooter.
“Once the gentleman on the bridge was hit. We realized that no one stopped,” said Penry. “Police continued the pursuit until here, and then they turned around.”
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Penry said all the alleged suspects involved looked young. While on scene, 7News saw one person get arrested and placed in an ambulance.
DeFilippes was riding her bike when she said two cars blocked her from getting caught in the midst of the chase.
“I’m feeling lucky that for those few seconds of my path being kind of blocked,” said DeFillippes. “I’m just so glad that happened. Or else I would have been right there. I’m not at all surprised that someone was hurt. Just. Just from the way everything was unfolding, I could just tell it was going to be bad.
Marina Mabrey torched her former team for 37 points as the Toronto Tempo came back from 14 down to beat the Connecticut Sun, 101-97, at Mohegan Sun Arena.
Former UConn women’s basketball star Olivia Nelson-Ododa had 13 points and three rebounds while Aaliyah Edwards had six points and two rebounds for the Sun. Kia Nurse did not score in just five minutes for the Tempo.
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