“Our primary data centre is located under 1,000 meters of granite rock in a heavily guarded bunker which can survive a nuclear attack.”īut such physical security is no barrier for hackers hell-bent on launching a denial-of-service attack. On its website (when it’s online) ProtonMail boasts about the security of its data centre: According to the firm, the websites of several other tech companies and even some banks were also disrupted as a result of the internet attack.Īlthough ProtonMail says that it is working hard to restore normal operations, at the time of writing the ProtonMail site remains offline. In a blog post, ProtonMail explains that the attack began on Tuesday November 3rd, firstly flooding its IP addresses and then targeting the Swiss data centre where it houses its servers. Switzerland-based ProtonMail has its fair share of fans amongst those who wish to keep their communications secret and secure, as its architecture is designed to never give ProtonMail any method of decrypting your messages, even if they were to receive demands from law enforcement agencies – but clearly the DDoS attack shows that not everyone is a fan. This method is much simpler than setting up PGP or convincing your friends to switch email providers, but it’s probably not practical for frequent communication.End-to-end encrypted email service ProtonMail is suffering from an “extremely powerful” distributed denial-of-service attack, that has knocked it offline, and stopped users from accessing their inboxes. The message expires 28 days later (or sooner) without the contents ever being disclosed to any non-ProtonMail servers.The recipient decrypts the message and is able to read it in their web browser.The recipient clicks on the link, which points to a ProtonMail webpage with a password field.The recipient receives a message telling them that there is an encrypted email waiting for them, along with a link.The message is encrypted and locked behind a password of your choosing, and you hit Send.You compose an email message like normal.It’s a bit of a hack, but it works fine for your friends who insist on sticking to Gmail,, or any other email service provider. In addition to offering internally encrypted mail and great support for PGP, ProtonMail has one more failsafe for sending secure mail. Option 3: Send Password-Protected Self-Destructing Emails to Anyone

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