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What did Linode do?
- To: [email protected]
- Subject: What did Linode do?
- From: [email protected] (Rayzer)
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2016 07:47:02 -0800
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Ryan Carboni wrote:
> https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/3zlttw/linode_user_credentials_compromised_all_customers/
>
> First under DDOS attack, now being hacked.
>
> What did Linode do?
They operate out of New Jersey?
> Linode (a portmanteau of the words linux and node) is a privately
> owned virtual private server provider based in Galloway, New Jersey.
> [wikipedia]
As my Italian uncle would say, "Tough Darts."
But seriously... Why WOULDN'T hackers want to take down any old SSD
virtual cloud anyway. I mean, after all, what did ProtonMail do to have
cyberhackers collude with a so-far un-named superpower government to
take THEM offline? They offered security...