Seriously, while some providers are better than others, this is a fact of life when it comes to self-hosting. It is simply more risky in terms of security than a hosted proprietary platform. That's the trade-off for flexibility.

I'm sorry for all those affected. I wonder how Pagely employees feel. Imagine one day you wake up to find that you now work for GoDaddy. Then, a few days later the "'managed" WordPress product is hacked to the tune of 1,200,000 accounts.

Actually, I wonder how comfortable Pagely customers feel right now. I'd be picking up my site and running for my life. Which is exactly what I had to do after Media Temple and Sucuri were acquired. Degradation was too quick for my comfort.

Good night and good luck.