It was about a year ago when their customer service portal was breached that I mentally moved Linode off my list of VPS with a "good" reputation (http://status.

It was about a year ago when their customer service portal was breached that I mentally moved Linode off my list of VPS with a "good" reputation (http://status.linode.com/2012/03/manager-security-incident.html http://status.linode.com/2012/03/manager-security-incident.h...). Still, people seem surprised that they've been breached again. There are other VPS providers, why would one choose this one? How can you rely on their security self-assessment? I think the only credible response to their situation is to hire an external IT security firm for an extensive audit and then publish the results. Like something on the scale of the Fox-IT report on the breach of DigiNotar: http://www.rijksoverheid.nl/ministeries/bzk/documenten-en-publicaties/rapporten/2012/08/13/black-tulip-update.html http://www.rijksoverheid.nl/ministeries/bzk/documenten-en-pu... . EDIT: this was also discussed 3 days ago here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5541915 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5541915