To be fair, I thought the exact same thing and so did everyone who sent me Skype messages. Considering he now runs a website about "hacking and pranks" and he is now bragging about knowing exploits on the software I am writing, I don't consider that a lofty conclusion at all.
The actual issue was datacenter problems with Linode.
http://status.linode.com/
Nov 1, 2015
Atlanta Network Issues
Resolved - At this time all connectivity within our Atlanta Data Center has been restored.
Nov 1, 20:03 UTC
Investigating - Our Administrators are currently investigating the continued connectivity issues in our Atlanta Data Center. We will continue to provide updates as this issues proceeds.
Nov 1, 19:09 UTC
Monitoring - Our Administrators have identified the cause of the connectivity issues in Atlanta and have implemented a solution. We will be monitoring to ensure there are no residual issues.
Nov 1, 18:09 UTC
Investigating - Our Administrators are currently investigating network connectivity issues in our Atlanta data center.
Nov 1, 16:34 UTC