I'm inclined to believe this wasn't an exit scam after reading through the announcement OpenMonero made on Dread. It seems like they're not behind it, although the hack does raise serious questions about the service's future credibility.
So you believe his story that hosting provider hacked him? 
No, I do not. That's not at all what I said, now is it? Why would you even say something like that. I'm not sure what happened but it doesn't look like an exit scam.
Accomplishing this goal will go a long way in restoring faith in the platform.
There was never any faith in this platform, and Monero community knows that.Obviously they had customers.