SEC sues SolarWinds and CISO, says they ignored flaws that led to major hack

SolarWinds and its Chief Information Security Officer Timothy Brown have been sued by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for allegedly hiding security failures that led to a major cyberattack. The attack, believed to be the work of Russian hackers, injected malicious code into SolarWinds software used by thousands of customers, including government agencies and private companies.