Bad luck Ed.
And to think that I know of some people running hot masternodes on spot instances. Lets hope they've got backups

Are people still running hot masternodes? Why?

What's the issue with hot nodes? As long as your password is strong enough and your firewall is configured right nobody is going to touch your coins...
At least until the next episode of the HearthBleed and Bash bugs.

So what, as long as the wallet encryption holds ...