Also, the question regarding Kaseya knowing about this well in advance and firing the person that tried to get fixes prioritized over features: "One of the former employees said that in early 2019 he sent company leaders a 40-page memo detailing security concerns and was fired about two weeks later, which he believed was related to his repeated efforts to flag the problems."
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/kaseya-failed-to-address-securit...