secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC (SAH)
CIK:        0001043509
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-06-21T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001043509-24-000059
Event type: cyber
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 8.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Sonic Automotive reports cybersecurity incident at CDK Global disrupting DMS and CRM systems.
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- On June 19, 2024, CDK Global notified Sonic that it suspended certain systems due to a cybersecurity incident.
- Disruptions affect dealer management system (DMS) and customer relationship management (CRM) used for sales, inventory, and accounting.
- All dealerships are open and operating using workaround solutions to minimize disruption.
- Investigation ongoing; full scope, nature, and impact (including potential customer data access) not yet known.
- Company has not yet determined if the incident will have a material impact on financial condition or results.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043509/000104350924000059/0001043509-24-000059-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043509/000104350924000059/sah-20240619.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001043509-24-000059

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