Only 8 accounts were affected. Do not worry. Minor breach. Not much harm done.
It seems to me the truth is the attacker looked for bitcoin wallets and emptied them. The fact he could identify 8 accounts and access them suggests the attacker could have accessed far more accounts if they wished. I think this is the most worrying thing about the breach.
I don't really understand how bitcoin works but it seems that people with wallets need to set up multiple wallets on multiple providers and limit the amount of bit coins in each wallet to limit any losses from breaches like this.
If I was a linode customer I would be thinking about moving. This message, while fairly open, doesn't give me much confidence there aren't other security issues with the platform.
Only 8 accounts were affected. Do not worry. Minor breach. Not much harm done.
It seems to me the truth is the attacker looked for bitcoin wallets and emptied them. The fact he could identify 8 accounts and access them suggests the attacker could have accessed far more accounts if they wished. I think this is the most worrying thing about the breach.
I don't really understand how bitcoin works but it seems that people with wallets need to set up multiple wallets on multiple providers and limit the amount of bit coins in each wallet to limit any losses from breaches like this.
If I was a linode customer I would be thinking about moving. This message, while fairly open, doesn't give me much confidence there aren't other security issues with the platform.