<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>phrotoma</author><text>Ramakrishna was appointed CEO in January 2021 [0], the attack happened prior to his taking office [1]. The CEO at the time was Kevin B Thompson [2].&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;investors.solarwinds.com&amp;#x2F;corporate-governance&amp;#x2F;board-of-directors&amp;#x2F;person-details&amp;#x2F;default.aspx?ItemId=8184fddf-ce4f-4ce8-a606-d40b9985fd18&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;investors.solarwinds.com&amp;#x2F;corporate-governance&amp;#x2F;board-...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;2020_United_States_federal_government_data_breach&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;2020_United_States_federal_gov...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.crunchbase.com&amp;#x2F;person&amp;#x2F;kevin-thompson&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.crunchbase.com&amp;#x2F;person&amp;#x2F;kevin-thompson&lt;/a&gt;</text><parent_chain><item><author>that_aint_cool</author><text>Among other factors contributing to corporate&amp;#x2F;white-collar  corruption &amp;amp; fraud, this is what happens when you have a culture of nepotism &amp;amp; nepotistic CEO.&lt;p&gt;The HR Chief of SolarWinds is the cousin of the CEO (Sudhakar Ramakrishna) of SolarWinds.  Same was true at their previous company (Pulse Secure).&lt;p&gt;In many global cultures, this is completely normal-- and those are cultures which have high rates of endemic, prolific corruption, such as South Asia &amp;amp; Latin America.&lt;p&gt;I would like to see more insiders speak out &amp;amp; blow the whistle on corrupt trade practices under this CEO.&lt;p&gt;If any investigators or journalists would like more info, feel free to contact: anti.corruption.123@proton.me&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;As they sow, so shall they reap.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;In human life seek justice, truth, temperance and courage, and you will profit from the supreme good that you have discovered.&amp;quot; (Marcus Aurelius)</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>SEC Charges SolarWinds and CISO with Fraud, Internal Control Failures</title><url>https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2023-227</url></story>
<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>justinclift</author><text>And why should people trust you?&lt;p&gt;You could just be someone looking to blackmail companies with damaging insider info.</text><parent_chain><item><author>that_aint_cool</author><text>Among other factors contributing to corporate&amp;#x2F;white-collar  corruption &amp;amp; fraud, this is what happens when you have a culture of nepotism &amp;amp; nepotistic CEO.&lt;p&gt;The HR Chief of SolarWinds is the cousin of the CEO (Sudhakar Ramakrishna) of SolarWinds.  Same was true at their previous company (Pulse Secure).&lt;p&gt;In many global cultures, this is completely normal-- and those are cultures which have high rates of endemic, prolific corruption, such as South Asia &amp;amp; Latin America.&lt;p&gt;I would like to see more insiders speak out &amp;amp; blow the whistle on corrupt trade practices under this CEO.&lt;p&gt;If any investigators or journalists would like more info, feel free to contact: anti.corruption.123@proton.me&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;As they sow, so shall they reap.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;In human life seek justice, truth, temperance and courage, and you will profit from the supreme good that you have discovered.&amp;quot; (Marcus Aurelius)</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>SEC Charges SolarWinds and CISO with Fraud, Internal Control Failures</title><url>https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2023-227</url></story>