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Greg Fertuck will spend life behind bars with no chance of parole until he is 90 years old, a judge ruled on Thursday at Saskatoon's Court of King's Bench.
CDK Global said 鈥渟ubstantially all鈥 of the nearly 15,000 car dealerships that use its software across North America are back online to its core management system, almost two weeks since a cyber incident caused a software blackout.
鈥淲e are happy to report that we are ahead of the anticipated schedule,鈥 an automated message on CDK鈥檚 customer care phone line said.
The outage began on Wednesday, June 19, after two cyber incidents halted the company鈥檚 systems, which provide software to nearly 15,000 car dealerships across North America, according to CDK.
Auto dealerships use CDK鈥檚 software to manage everything from scheduling to records.
The company said it is working actively to bring other applications live. It said it expects the Customer Relationship Management system to begin rolling out on July 4.
The outage would have cost car dealerships millions of dollars more if it stretched on. According to an estimate by Anderson Economic Group, CDK鈥檚 system collapse could result in approximately US$944 million in direct losses due to business interruptions for affected car dealers if the outage lasted a full three weeks.
It鈥檚 an encouraging sign that operations can soon go back to normal. For days, CDK has said it had started restoring its software, but both car buyers and dealers remained at a standstill. It has suggested several times that a fix is in order, only to say then that its systems would remain out of commission for a while longer.
The outage has made it difficult for dealers to track customer interactions, orders and sales, hurting their ability to earn a living.
鈥淚t鈥檚 going to affect payroll here,鈥 Bernard Irvin, a salesperson at a Ford dealership in Greenville, South Carolina, previously told CNN. 鈥淲hy wouldn鈥檛 I receive my normal pay? I don鈥檛 really understand what this is all about.鈥
CNN鈥檚 Samantha Delouya contributed to this report.
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