> "Not so coincidentally, an old personal server had a database accessed using old forum credentials obtained from the incident last year." > That either means

> "Not so coincidentally, an old personal server had a database accessed using old forum credentials obtained from the incident last year." > That either means that the attacker used the data on the compromised server to SWAT them, OR that the SWAT team used their physical access to access the server. Anything else would make the SWAT visit and the server compromise a coincidence, and they make it clear that it is not. Or that whomever just recently found the old data decided to post it at the same time as SWAT'ing Linode, to make it harder for them to do damage control, hoping everyone would be up in arms, complaining about how Linode doesn't communicate, they have no transparency, etc.