SolarWinds has agreed to pay its top executive in charge during the entirety of the colossal Russian hacking campaign US$312,500 to help the company defend itself in investigations.
The embattled infrastructure management firm disclosed Wednesday that it’s agreed to pay former CEO Kevin Thompson (pictured) $62,500 for each of the next five months as SolarWinds faces a likely wave of lawsuits and government probes into its conduct around the hack. Thompson led the firm from the time hackers established a presence in SolarWinds’ Orion software through when news of the attack went public.
“Mr. Thompson will, at the request of the Board of Directors of the company, assist and cooperate with the Company in investigating, defending or prosecuting any investigations or other proceedings involving the company,” SolarWinds wrote in a filing late Wednesday with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).