The hosting company turning off a server is merely acting on property they both own and possess. You "deleting all work from a client's server" are accessing s

The hosting company turning off a server is merely acting on property they both own and possess. You "deleting all work from a client's server" are accessing someone else's property, and doing it for destructive purposes. That's illegal, both civilly and criminally. They're not analogous situations. Even in the physical world, repossession companies may not enter a private building without permission. "Goods are reclaimed" by a sheriff carrying out a court order, not by whoever is owed money breaking in and taking things on their own volition.