Four companies settle SEC allegations over SolarWinds cyberattack disclosures, agree to pay nearly $7 million

Four companies — Unisys Corp., Avaya Holdings Corp., Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., and Mimecast Ltd.—have agreed to pay a combined total of nearly $7 million to settle allegations by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that they downplayed the severity of cyberattacks linked to the massive SolarWinds breach.