Of course there are many options for you and should learn to protect your own property.
So I wouldn't say that there have been no security issues in the past. Although is it still the most widely used wallet for a lot of us, but it is good that we are aware that it could be a target for hackers or scammers.
The announcement did.t mean that MEW itself was hacked, it was the DNS server. While it was announced I was still using MEW with no fear and I never got hacked and till today I, I am still happily using MEW. Perhaps the reason I did not fall into such trap was that I already bookmarked it and there was no cause for me to use a phishing site of MEW.
I can still ascertain that it is of cause one of the best ever.