According to PANews, on-chain detective ZachXBT revealed that the ransomware gang associated with the June cyberattack against CDK Global received more than $25 million in Bitcoin. Last month, CDK Global was attacked, affecting about 15,000 US car dealers.
According to ZachXBT, an address associated with BlackSuit received a payment of 387 BTC on June 21, and the funds were subsequently transferred to several centralized exchanges. BlackSuit emerged in 2023 and has become a well-known ransomware gang targeting US companies.
Bloomberg reported that CDK Global plans to pay a ransom to prevent the data from being made public. The company has agreed to pay tens of millions of dollars to speed up the restoration of its systems, but has not yet confirmed whether it will pay the ransom. Last week, CDK announced that almost all of its nearly 15,000 auto dealership customers were back online.