Are you Jesse Nicholson? Is Linode paying you to write this? This reads like a Linode executive wrote it. That's the kind of thing you should disclose. Your only two HN comments are regarding Linode; pretty suspicious. You also commented on their blog post:
TechnikEmpire January 6th, 2016 at 10:28 pm. It's hilarious watching all of these armchair experts criticize Linode for the actions of another.
PagerDuty and WP Engine were both compromised 'inexplicably' during the same timeframe at the same hosting provider. Seems pretty self explanatory. Linode didn't disclose their "security firm" so why should PagerDuty? Linode couldn't explain how accounts were accessed and it isn't the first time! Linode is hacked once a year; it's a feature. They need to get their shit together and stop pretending security is a game.
TechnikEmpire January 6th, 2016 at 10:28 pm. It's hilarious watching all of these armchair experts criticize Linode for the actions of another.
PagerDuty and WP Engine were both compromised 'inexplicably' during the same timeframe at the same hosting provider. Seems pretty self explanatory. Linode didn't disclose their "security firm" so why should PagerDuty? Linode couldn't explain how accounts were accessed and it isn't the first time! Linode is hacked once a year; it's a feature. They need to get their shit together and stop pretending security is a game.