SolarWinds gives former CEO $62,500 a month to fight hacking scandal fallout

SolarWinds has committed to paying its former CEO $62,500 (€50,910) a month for the next five months, for "consulting services" to help the company's defence against investigations into the Orion hacking scandal. Last month, it was first revealed that several US federal agencies had fallen foul of one of the biggest cyberattacks in recent years. The tool that had been targeted - reportedly by Russian hackers - was SolarWinds Orion network monitoring product. This week the DoJ has confirmed...