What the hell are you talking about? a) Linode was extremely cavalier in releasing a public notification. It was all over slashdot and in their support channel

What the hell are you talking about? a) Linode was extremely cavalier in releasing a public notification. It was all over slashdot and in their support channel, with ZERO notification from them (till long after the fact), leaving the community to assume the worst, which was inline with what actually happened.