http://blog.linode.com/2013/04/16/security-incident-update/

We have no comment regarding ryan*'s comments in #linode. You are of course free to take any steps you deem prudent or necessary to ensure the integrity of your online presence.

"Thank you for contacting us. We have found no evidence that payment information of any customer was accessed. Although we use a secure non-retrievable method of storing passwords, we have en

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law enforcement to get the attackers in jail and Linode was asked to play along etc etc... but still.

Looks potentially legitimate, or could be a well executed hoax. Anyone else like to weigh in? Considering whether I should even be considering pulling my card from Linode and canceling it.

Anyone have concerns running an app or services with VPS providers who are a one-man show? Let's say an owner disappear for whatever reason, whereas you use services from a larger company like Linode

Linode.com?

Linode.com?

Download speed from Linode, Tokyo, JP:

Dallas, TX: 43.3MB/s Download speed from Linode, Tokyo, JP: Download speed from i3d.net, NL: 6.56MB/s Download speed from Leaseweb, Haarlem, NL: 10.5MB/s Download speed from Softlayer, Singapore: 5.6

I would most likely use RamNode, ServerMania, Linode or even Rackspace to cover all my business needs. Don't go into this head first because you might end up loosing money big time. Just my two cents

http://blog.linode.com/2013/04/12/security-notice-linode-manager-password-reset/

Linode can't be trusted with passwords.

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We apologize for the inconvenience. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our support team at support@linode.com.

Linode is running on Xen PV, so snapshots are basically tar.gz archives of your VPS files.

From their docs http://library.linode.com/migration/ssh-copy

Dallas, TX: 473KB/s Download speed from Linode, Tokyo, JP: 397KB/s Download speed from i3d.net, NL: 489KB/s Download speed from Leaseweb, Haarlem, NL: 477KB/s Download speed from Softlayer, Singapore