Hushmail, Fast Mail And Other Email Providers Extorted

Different e-mail providers, including Hushmail and Fast Mail, have become the target of extortionists that heavy DDoS attacks against the email services. So users could not some time in their email. Earlier it was announced that ProtonMail was extorted.

This e-mail provider decided the amount that the extortionists were demanding to be paid, but the attacks continued, however.Also Fastmail was threatened by extortionists, but this e-mail service refused to pay, according to the company in a blog posting know. The attacks that followed meant that users could not log on for several days, according to the status page.Meanwhile, the service is accessible again and would since November 9, no new attacks have been more to endure.

Another provider that faced the extortionists is Hushmail, which offers like ProtonMail encrypted e-mail service. Hushmail also refused to pay and was from November 5 with DDoS attacks harassed, allowing customers several days at their e-mail could. Yesterday was another DDoS attack rather than allowing Hushmail was unreachable for some time, let the status page to see.

E-mail provider Runbox also got to do with the attack, which lasted several days. Again, the extortionists demanded money again and it was decided not to pay. Last Saturday stopped the attacks, the attackers even made ​​their apologies, as the company said on the website. At the same time it was also e-mail provider VFEmail under fire. The company refused to pay, but the owner it was considering to stop the mail service, so he lets on Facebook know. VFEmail however is still active and is a temporary solution, a new IP address implemented anti-DDoS proxy to stop the attacks.

ProtonMail Collects $ 50,000 Against DDoS attacks

The encrypted e-mail service ProtonMail that make the past few days with DDoS attacks received is now back online and has raised $ 50,000 to protect themselves against such attacks. Because of the attacks users could not in their email.

Last Sunday, after three days of hard work, ProtonMail claimed victory over the attackers. Which had the free encrypted email service extorted. Initially ProtonMail went on to pay the amount requested, some $ 6,000. Despite paying the attacks continued. Because of the attacks decided ProtonMail to deploy additional protection against DDoS attacks.

According to the e-mail service are anti-DDoS solutions very expensive and can cost more than $ 100,000, which is a burden on the budget. Therefore, the public was asked for donations, some in three days, $ 50,000 has produced.

Encrypted Mail Service ProtonMail Extorted Via DDoS Attack

The free encrypted email service ProtonMail has been the victim of extortion, with the extortionists perform for several days of heavy DDoS attacks against the company's website. That's what the email service via a blog posting disclosed.

Because of the attack, users can not get to their e-mail, although the service yesterday as online was. On November 3 ProtonMail received an email from a group of criminals who had previously companies through DDoS attacks have extorted. The group now focuses on Swiss hosting providers. The threat was followed by a DDoS attack that the service went offline for about fifteen minutes. Approximately 11 hours later, a new DDoS attack. Initially which only focused on ProtonMail, but spread to the Swiss data center where the servers are.

This also went to the websites of different tech companies and banks offline. The attack eventually went over 100Gbps over.It did not just attacked more the data center from the Internet ProtonMail, but also routers in Zurich, Frankfurt and other locations where the ISP nodes has listed. Then the email service decided to pay the extortionists, but despite the transfer of 15 bitcoin (5100 euros), the attacks continued. According to ProtonMail is now working with several providers to repel the attack, but were unprecedented in both size and scope.

This morning ISP was attacked so that the e-mail service offline went. "Finding a working solution is therefore not simply" know ProtonMail so late. Due to the nature of the attack should be fairly pricey solutions are enabled which are a burden on the finances of the company. Therefore it was decided a donation campaign to start. A total of 326 people so far donated approximately $ 11,000.

Encrypted Mail ProtonMail Service Back Online After DDoS Attack

Users of the free encrypted email service ProtonMail can back to their e-mail after the service became inaccessible due to multiple DDoS attacks. The attacks were only directed at first ProtonMail, but spread out to the Swiss data center where the servers are.

This also went to the websites of different tech companies and banks offline. "Despite our efforts do not manage to stop the attack, but we are trying to come back online," as ProtonMail said earlier in a blog posting know. This morning followed another attack. A few hours before the early e-mail service via Twitter to a data center in Switzerland "brave enough" to host servers ProtonMail.

Many providers would be afraid because of the scale of the DDoS attacks that will make the service. Despite the request and the recent attacks to the website of ProtonMail is now accessible again. The email service has been developed with the help of scientists from Harvard, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the European research lab CERN.