ProtonMail taken down by 'extremely powerful DDoS attack'

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news/2433469/protonmail-taken-down-by-extremely-powerful-ddos-attack

By John Leonard
computing.co.uk
05 Nov 2015

ProtonMail, the Geneva-based encrypted email service that was developed by 
CERN scientists, was taken off line on Tuesday November 3rd by what the 
company describes as an "extrememly powerful DDoS attack".

At time of writing the service was still offline.

Writing in a blog, CEO Andy Yen says:

"The attackers began by flooding our IP addresses. That quickly expanded 
to the datacenter in Switzerland where we have our servers. In the process 
of attacking us, several other tech companies and even some banks were 
knocked offline temporarily."

Yen continues: "Despite our best efforts, we have been unable to stop the 
attack but we are working non-stop to get back online."

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