Ryan Carboni wrote:
https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/3zlttw/linode_user_credentials_co...
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... From the Register, on Jan 4.
“For the short term, we will be using BGP communities to attempt to block Asia Pacific, the Middle East, South America, and others, hopefully leaving us only with traffic from North America and Western Europe." http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/01/04/linode_back_at_last_after_ten_days_o...
I would take an un-educted guess that this WAS the purpose of the attack. Shutting the rest of the world's service off and isolating North America as a practice drill. Ps. North Korea successfully detonated a Hydrogen Bomb yesterday. -- RR "You might want to ask an expert about that - I just fiddled around with mine until it worked..."