Short Thread: Solar Winds
1. Solar Winds is the IT company used by the US government. It was their platform that was just hacked. Austin, Texas, December 9, 2020 — Kevin Thompson, chief executive of SolarWinds, leaves. [Follow The Resignations]
1. Solar Winds is the IT company used by the US government. It was their platform that was just hacked. Austin, Texas, December 9, 2020 — Kevin Thompson, chief executive of SolarWinds, leaves. [Follow The Resignations]
2. SolarWinds did not give an explicit reason for Kevin Thompson’s departure from the CEO post, leaving room for speculation. His resignation becomes official on Dec 31 2020. He is being replaced by Sudhakar Ramakrishna https://exechange.com/20404/solarwinds-ceo-kevin-thompson-leaves
3. SolarWinds and its Board of Directors have named Sudhakar Ramakrishna as the company’s new President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors, each to become effective on January 4, 2021. https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2020/12/10/solarwinds-sudhakar-ramakrishna/
4. It appears that Solar Winds is the Facebook of the Tech industry and continues to buy out all of the smaller companies and is creating a monopoly.
5. No One will convince me that a company that big isn't one of [THEM] Personally, I don't believe in coincidences. What are the odds the CEO resigns on Dec 9 and a few days later our agencies on the SolarWinds platform get hacked? I'll leave it right there.