Judge Asks Czech Ministry for Access to Ex-SolarWinds Tech (1)

A New York judge is sending a letter on behalf of the the Securities and Exchange Commission to the Czech Republic, seeking help deposing a former SolarWinds Corp. engineer who warned his ex-employer of security vulnerabilities before Russian hackers in 2019 breached the company’s network.

Judge Paul A. Engelmayer approved the agency’s motion on Thursday and issued an accompanying letter of request for international judicial assistance to the Ministry of Justice of the Czech Republic, according to an order filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. The letter asked for the government’s help to ...