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What in that article makes you think that? I don't see it. They do say "we'll have to upgrade Xen nodes", but they don't mention the DDoS or link them.

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Why would they? Timing and the fact that it has happened before make it seem likely.

The XEN update was a scheduled thing -- I got an email about it weeks ago (had one linode I hadn't moved to KVM), and it was already scheduled for this weekend.

That said, I don't disagree that the attackers might be trying to distract the team while they exploit that... though I don't see what it gets them compared to quietly exploiting the XEN issues before they were common knowledge on 9/8.

You're the one who linked to the piece. I think it's your job to be clear that it doesn't say that, it's your conclusion.

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