Little-known SolarWinds gets scrutiny over hack, stock sales

Before this week, few people were aware of SolarWinds, a Texas-based software company providing vital computer network monitoring services to major corporations and government agencies worldwide.

But the revelation that elite cyber spies have spent months secretly exploiting SolarWinds’ software to peer into computer networks has put many of its highest-profile customers in national governments and Fortune 500 companies on high alert. And it’s raising questions about whether company insiders knew of its security vulnerabilities as its biggest investors sold off stock.