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