Linode hacked, CCs and passwords leaked

Post by raverbashing » Mon, Apr 15, 2013, 7:32 PM UTC

eridius wrote: post #127

clicks wrote: post #111

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I've now heard from a number of people using Linode that have suspicious activities on the cc which they used with Linode. I just called up my bank to tell them to 'block' it as a precaution (I will now have to give them a visit later today to get a new card). I encourage all other Linode customers to do the same, because it'll be easier to just spend half an hour doing this instead of spending hours upon hours dispu…

I would be utterly shocked if nobody using Linode had suspicious activity on their CC. Linode has lots of customers, and at any given time, some of them probably have suspicious activity going on.

Post by shuzchen » Mon, Apr 15, 2013, 7:33 PM UTC

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Switched to https://www.digitalocean.com/ last week. Excellent service and pricing.

Until they're hacked, too...

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Apr 15, 2013, 7:34 PM UTC

eridius wrote: post #127

clicks wrote: post #111

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I've now heard from a number of people using Linode that have suspicious activities on the cc which they used with Linode. I just called up my bank to tell them to 'block' it as a precaution (I will now have to give them a visit later today to get a new card). I encourage all other Linode customers to do the same, because it'll be easier to just spend half an hour doing this instead of spending hours upon hours dispu…

I would be utterly shocked if nobody using Linode had suspicious activity on their CC. Linode has lots of customers, and at any given time, some of them probably have suspicious activity going on.

Post by culturestate » Mon, Apr 15, 2013, 7:36 PM UTC

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To dismiss this breach seems odd to me. The tech community in general has placed a lot of trust and faith in Linode over the years. The shareowners at Linode have surely been great beneficiaries to that. Part of that "unspoken agreement", if you will, is that Linode be competent at what they do and that means keeping your data and information secure. If even an iota of what I read in the abridged IRC log is true, Lin…

Sigh, really? Ok, you typed your credit card number into a web browser at some point. If your sole reason for doing so was "I absolutely trust the people on the other end of this socket not to do what 99% of all people handling credit card data do whether they pretend otherwise or not", instead of something like "hmm that reminds me, I haven't scanned last month's statement yet", then the problem lies squarely with y…

Post by clauretano » Mon, Apr 15, 2013, 7:37 PM UTC

carbocation wrote: post #191

Just like I can have application-specific passwords for my Google account, I wish I could have application-specific credit card numbers from my CC issuer. If I had these, I would immediately cancel my Linode-specific CC# and reissue a new one. I would not have to worry that my other recurring bills will go unpaid, or spend hours dealing with tracking them down and changing them.