So, I don't get it. Linode was the culprit? A worker on Linode? Or just a security bug in their panel?

I actually have a Linode, but I use it to host podcasts, nothing mission critical.

Update: http://status.linode.com/2012/03/manager-security-incident.html

Here's my guess... It was an employee (ex-employee) who specifically targeted servers running bitcoind. Linode will make a long blog post, stating they screwed up and will be changing the way the back

I was just looking at purchasing a Linode, maybe I'll hold off for a while longer.

I'm surprised Linode hasn't made a public statement about this yet...

Well that sucks, clearly Linode will have to repay the 12k€ in loss.

And this is why complete anonymity will bite you in the ass :P

Rackspace was smart in this all, they are like linode with a 'cloud like' environment, where it's just local storage with cloud provisioning ontop + tons of head room on each node.

1 Linode 768 [Main production websites/some clients]

Hostigation, 123systems, chicagovps, linode and bluevm

Download speed from Linode, Atlanta GA: 6.46MB/s

Download speed from Linode, Atlanta GA: 3.17MB/s

Download speed from Linode, Atlanta GA: 552KB/s

Linode offers VPS in Japan.

Download speed from Linode, Atlanta GA: 36.1MB/s

How about Tokyo. Linode has currently expanded there... any one tried that?

Download speed from Linode, Atlanta GA: 3.18MB/s

Download speed from Linode, Atlanta GA: 9.63MB/s

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