Comparitech today reported that auto dealership software company Motility Software Solutions this week notified 766,670 people of an August 2025 data breach that compromised names, SSNs, phone numbers, email addresses, DOBs, and driver’s license numbers.
Rebecca Moody, Head of Data Research at Comparitech, provided the following commentary:
“This ransomware attack becomes the ninth largest this year so far (based on records affected) and is the second-largest breach on a technology company.
It’s also yet another attack on a software company that’s used by multiple organizations. In recent months, we’ve seen a number of disruptive attacks like these which have had far-reaching consequences either in the large quantities of data breached and/or the disruption of encrypted systems. Other examples include the attack on Collins Aerospace which caused chaos across European airports and the attack on a Swedish technology company, Miljödata, which impacted over 200 municipalities with system downtime and has seen a breach of at least 1 million records.
As hackers continue to evolve and look for the most disruptive ways to have an impact, attacks on companies like Motility Software Solutions offer great appeal because of how many entities can be targeted through one company. While this attack on Motility Software Solutions doesn’t appear to have caused a lot of disruption to car dealers (like the attack on CDK did back in June 2024), it has resulted in a significant data breach.”
Victims of this breach should be prepared for secondary attacks as you know those will be inbound. Thus it highlights the fact that organizations should make every effort to keep the bad guys out at all costs.
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Auto dealership software company notifies 767,000 people of data breach
Comparitech today reported that auto dealership software company Motility Software Solutions this week notified 766,670 people of an August 2025 data breach that compromised names, SSNs, phone numbers, email addresses, DOBs, and driver’s license numbers.
Rebecca Moody, Head of Data Research at Comparitech, provided the following commentary:
“This ransomware attack becomes the ninth largest this year so far (based on records affected) and is the second-largest breach on a technology company.
It’s also yet another attack on a software company that’s used by multiple organizations. In recent months, we’ve seen a number of disruptive attacks like these which have had far-reaching consequences either in the large quantities of data breached and/or the disruption of encrypted systems. Other examples include the attack on Collins Aerospace which caused chaos across European airports and the attack on a Swedish technology company, Miljödata, which impacted over 200 municipalities with system downtime and has seen a breach of at least 1 million records.
As hackers continue to evolve and look for the most disruptive ways to have an impact, attacks on companies like Motility Software Solutions offer great appeal because of how many entities can be targeted through one company. While this attack on Motility Software Solutions doesn’t appear to have caused a lot of disruption to car dealers (like the attack on CDK did back in June 2024), it has resulted in a significant data breach.”
Victims of this breach should be prepared for secondary attacks as you know those will be inbound. Thus it highlights the fact that organizations should make every effort to keep the bad guys out at all costs.
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