Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2015-11-05 00:00:00
Affected organization: ProtonMail
Affected country: Switzerland
Industry: Information
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Service
Motive: Financial
Actor: Armada Collective
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Russian Federation
Description: A collective called Armada Collective takes down Protonmail, a Swiss provider of end-to-end encrypted email. The company pays a ransom of 15 BTC (6000 USD) but is taken down again after paying.