I'm a long time Linode customer. I love the service they provide. I hate their lack of transparency.
The 'proof' is that the announcement came in very short order after Ryan's comments, and in the past, Linode has _never_ made such announcements (despite serious security breaches)
That's a rather cynical thing to say. There's no proof that without Ryan's chat log, Linode wouldn't have told us anything.