Secure email service ProtonMail paid a $6000 ransom to DDoS blackmailers. Email service says it will ‘never pay another ransom’ to stop DDoS attacks. Another secure email service, Neomailbox, has also been hit by DDoS threats. Both services say they are working to restore full services as soon as possible after the attack. The attack disrupted traffic across the ISPs entire network and got so serious that the criminals who extorted us previously wrote us to deny responsibility for the second attack.”]
Source: https://grahamcluley.com/protonmail-says-wont-pay-ransom-ddos-blackmailers/