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That tweet would suggest to me that someone's credit card was stolen via another method and used to purchase Linode services, rather than the other way around. Ie, I don't think that was related to Linode breach.

There's URLs in the leak that could never have been guessed, like http://www.linode.com/y_key_57284cb2de704e02.html (mentioned by Tomdarkness above).

Putting aside any opinions on his morals or maturity-level displayed in the chat, it's a fun read. I love how ryan keeps reconnecting after each attempt to kick him out. He must have a pre-verified list of proxies/compromised-boxes he can connect from so he's just burning through them as he gets banned. I found that amusing.