CoinVoice recently learned that according to Beincrypto, the chain detective ZachXBT revealed that the ransomware gang associated with the June cyber attack on CDK Global (a major supplier of software to US auto dealers) received more than $25 million in Bitcoin. Last month, CDK Global suffered an attack that caused its software to be disrupted, affecting about 15,000 US auto dealers.
According to ZachXBT, an address associated with BlackSuit received a payment of 387 BTC on June 21. The funds were subsequently transferred to several centralized exchanges. BlackSuit emerged in 2023 and has become a well-known ransomware gang targeting US companies. The payment is consistent with a previous report by Bloomberg that CDK Global planned to pay a ransom to prevent its data from being made public. The company has agreed to pay tens of millions of dollars to speed up the recovery of its systems. However, CDK has not confirmed whether the ransom was paid. Instead, it announced that almost all of its nearly 15,000 auto dealership customers were back online last week. [Original link]
