Case file: SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC
Every government filing on this incident, the dates as stated, and the days to notice against each state's statute. Built from the records on Nov 15, 2026, agency link on every row. Not legal advice.
The incident
- Breach window
- Jun 19, 2024 to Jun 21, 2024
- Discovered
- No discovery date stated in the letters we read
- First public signal
- Jun 21, 2024, when SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC told investors of a cyber incident in an SEC Form 8-K (Item 8.01). No agency record of the incident is on file yet
- State and federal records
- 3 filings, Jun 21, 2024 to Aug 5, 2024
- Residents counted
- No state publishes a resident count for this incident
- Everyone affected
- No filing gives a total
- Information exposed
- Financial / bank account
- Offered to those affected
- No monitoring offer found in the letters we read
- Third party named
- Yes, the letter attributes the incident to a vendor or service provider
The investor filing: Form 8-K of Jun 21, 2024. An 8-K is tied to the incident by the company and the dates, so read it before relying on it. It says: "On June 19, 2024, CDK Global (“CDK”), a third-party provider of certain information systems used by Sonic Automotive, Inc. (the “Company”), notified its dealership customers that CDK had suspended certain systems, including systems used by the Company, in response to a cybersecurity incident impacting CDK."
Filings
| Agency | Record date | People | In total | Days to notice | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEC Form 8-K SEC Form 8-K | Aug 5, 2024 | Not published | 8-K Record | ||
| SEC Form 8-K SEC Form 8-K | Jul 5, 2024 | Not published | 14 days from breach end | 8-K Record | |
| SEC Form 8-K SEC Form 8-K | Jun 21, 2024 | Not published | 2 days from breach end | 8-K Record |
People is the count the filing gives, residents of the state unless marked total. Days to notice runs from the discovery date the letter states, or from the end of the breach window when no letter states one, to the date on the state's first record of the incident. "Over" marks a count past the days the state's statute allows for notice to residents. The statute's trigger is a question of fact, the days are arithmetic.
Sources and method
Records as published by SEC Form 8-K. Letter facts (discovery date, monitoring, third party) are read from the consumer letter the agency posted, 3 letters read for this incident, and quoted so you can check them. Texas and HHS publish no letters. First-seen times on each record page. Spot an error? Email support@breachtally.com with this page link.