Judge dismisses much of SEC suit against SolarWinds over cybersecurity disclosures

**Executive summary:** A U.S. judge largely dismissed the SEC's lawsuit against SolarWinds and its former CISO over statements about the security of Orion tied to the 2019–2020 Sunburst supply‑chain breach, while noting one securities claim survived; the article reiterates that the breach—attributed to Russian government‑linked hackers—led to infiltration of at least nine federal agencies and hundreds of companies.