My life as a mercenary sysadmin can be interesting. Sometimes I find things, and sometimes I hear things. Now and then I say things.
Right now, I think it’s probably best if you uninstall atop. I don’t mean just stopping it, but actually keep it from being executed.
I’m not talking about the OG top, or htop, iftop, or anything else with a “top” name. Just atop.
I can go into why another time.
Seems like there might be a security issue with atop that can’t be disclosed at the moment?
For the curious, there is a Github issue opened about this PR that looks weird and may or may not be linked to the blog post.
But given the urgency in said post, I’m not convinced this is the exact issue… 
Edit: It apparently wasn’t indeed
I’m uninformed but she apparently has a good reputation? Something about the way she approached the situation rubs me the wrong way"
“Hey everyone, there’s a potential fire going on somewhere. I won’t say anything else about it other than this cryptic post. I know more but I will actually say more another time”
[24 hours later]
“OK everyone needs to breathe. Why are people freaking out” (Knowing she didn’t give any details and let people come out w/ their own conclusions and conspiracies for 24 hours)