Well said. It's a fact of life that companies get hacked. So it's no surprise that it eventually happened to Linode. If you flee somewhere else, all you're doing is hoping that the other company you run to won't get hacked rather than using any logical thought.
I can think of two good reasons why you should flee Linode. It remains to be seen if either are actually true, and until indications say yes, then panic is unwarranted:
1. If it becomes apparent that Linode is far more vulnerable to hacking than other hosting providers. But one hack alone does not prove this.
2. If Linode grossly mishandles the situation. There have been a couple of allegations to that effect so far, but nothing substantial. I don't see any reason to claim that they've done this yet.
Linode has already grossly mishandled the situation by not coming out with a complete statement about what exactly happened. I only read this news because it was posed here -- no email notification, no update on their homepage, no twitter, no nothing.
The alleged hacker has made serious and specific claims, and Linode has done jack shit; without more information, how should I proceed? I don't want to call my bank and waste time getting a new credit card (not to mention replacing a million and two services) without a confirmation and I can't get a confirmation because Linodes people are having a circle jerk (or whatever the hell they do).
> 2. If Linode grossly mishandles the situation. There have been a couple of allegations to that effect so far, but nothing substantial. I don't see any reason to claim that they've done this yet.
Linode's handling of the Bitcoin incident last year was sub-optimal. This too has been sub-optimal, given that credit cards were exposed but all we heard on Friday was to change our passwords, and even that was claimed to just be a super-careful precaution.
Linode needs to start giving us some frank talk ASAP. They've already burned through a very generous helping of benefit-of-the-doubt.
I can think of two good reasons why you should flee Linode. It remains to be seen if either are actually true, and until indications say yes, then panic is unwarranted:
1. If it becomes apparent that Linode is far more vulnerable to hacking than other hosting providers. But one hack alone does not prove this.
2. If Linode grossly mishandles the situation. There have been a couple of allegations to that effect so far, but nothing substantial. I don't see any reason to claim that they've done this yet.