Autotech Group has appointed Laurence Abbott as managing director of its Autotech Connect division, along with Darren Dowling as client services director.
Eddie Hawthorne, Arnold Clark’s chief executive and managing director, will share his company’s story of how the business recovered after a cyberattack as part of a special session at AM Live.
After a consumer's online enquiry about a Nissan Qashqai prompted a response suggesting she was "blonde or stupid" the Milton-Keynes independent dealer MK Auto-Motors has profusely apologised.
Car retailers have been told “there is no silver bullet” in the fight to avoid potentially devastating data-grabbing cyberattacks as high-profile AM100 businesses continue to recover from hits on their digital systems.
Arnold Clark customers have had their addresses, passports and national insurance numbers leaked on the dark web following a cyber-attack on the car retail giant over the festive period.
Dealers must prepare for record levels of cybercrime in 2023 as a number of large retail groups suffer attacks amid the cost-of-living crisis.
Arnold Clark’s recovery from a Christmas cyber attack has been described as a “mammoth task” after the car retail giant was forced to axe internet access to protect its customer data.
The Research Institute of Sweden (RISE) is launching cyber security initiative dedicated to vehicle testing to combat threats to connected vehicles.
Pendragon has become motor retail's latest victim to hackers, who have reportedly issued a $60 million (£53m) ransom demand to the major AM100 dealer group.
In this Automotive Management (AM) opinion post Bernard Montel, EMEA technical director and security strategist at Tenable, explains how connected EVs have become a prime target for cyber criminals.
AM100 retailer Holdcroft Motor Group is recovering from a cyber attack which reportedly left some of its core systems "damaged beyond repair".
Dealers and other automotive businesses are being warned of “a period of heightened risk” of cyber-attacks.
The automotive industry is evolving rapidly, with the connected vehicles market increasingly being seen as a major growth area.
A data breach at Sandicliffe Motor Group could affect “thousands” of staff and customers of the AM100 car retailer, according to a legal firm.
Cyber attacks on connected cars have increased by 99% in the last year, according to a new study by Uswitch.
There’s a saying in the cyber security industry about cyber attacks: “It’s not personal’’.
Ford, Tesla, Toyota and Volkswagen were among a number of high-profile manufacturers whose sensitive data was ‘accidentally’ shared online.
Boards believe their IT departments have cyber security covered but often glaring gaps are revealed, according to Optimising IT’s head of cyber Todd Gifford.
