ProtonMail: encrypted email provider held ransom by hackers

Email provider headquartered at Cern in Switzerland has internet connection cut off by hackers who did not cease attack even after $6,000 ransom was paidProtonMail, a Switzerland-based encrypted email provider, was forced offline on Thursday after hackers held the company’s internet connection for ransom by using a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. “ProtonMail is likely under attack by two separate groups, with the second attackers exhibiting capabilities more commonly pos