"Catastrophic" DDoS Attack Hits Linode Over The Weekend - Data Breach Again?

An anonymous reader writes: A coordinated DDoS attack hit Linode (VPS provider) over the weekend, which the company has described as "catastrophic." The attack targeted the company's Atlanta data center, and was timed for the extended Labor Day weekend, when the company had fewer employees on hand to deal with the incident.

At the start of the year, after suffering a two-week-long DDoS attack, Linode announced a data breach, with attackers accessing some user accounts. The company reset passwords after it detected the intrusions.