They weren't charged for having deficiencies, they were charged for knowing about their deficiencies and lying about them: > SolarWinds allegedly misled invest

They weren't charged for having deficiencies, they were charged for knowing about their deficiencies and lying about them: > SolarWinds allegedly misled investors by disclosing only generic and hypothetical risks at a time when the company and Brown knew of specific deficiencies in SolarWinds’ cybersecurity practices as well as the increasingly elevated risks the company faced at the same time.