SolarWinds slams SEC lawsuit against it as 'unprecedented' victim blaming

SolarWinds filed a motion to dismiss the SEC’s fraud case over its cybersecurity disclosures related to the 2020 SUNBURST supply-chain compromise, arguing its statements were accurate and that the agency is overreaching by seeking internal cybersecurity details; the company also defended CISO Tim Brown, stating he did not mislead investors. The article provides legal context and notes the Orion backdoor was linked to Russian state actors, with widespread downloads but far fewer confirmed compromises, and the SEC declined to comment.