SolarWinds Investors Allege Board Knew About Cyber Risks

SolarWinds investors have sued the software company's directors, alleging they knew about and failed to monitor cybersecurity risks to the company ahead of a breach that created a vulnerability in thousands of its customers' systems. Reuters reports: The lawsuit filed in Delaware on Thursday appears to be the first based on records shareholders demanded from the company after Reuters reported last December that malicious code inserted into one of the company's software updates left U.S. government agencies and companies exposed. The lawsuit names a mix of current and former directors as defendants. Led by a Missouri pension fund, the investors allege that the board failed to implement procedures to monitor cybersecurity risks, such as requiring the company's management to report on those risks regularly. They are seeking damages on behalf of the company and to reform the company's policies on cybersecurity oversight.

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