Swiss company , Proton Technologies , suffered a series of DDoS attacks beginning on 3 November , where attackers demanded a ransom be paid in cash . Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks with extortion demands for payments in Bitcoin cryptocurrency to stop them are becoming more and more popular in 2015, but what happens if you give in and pay the ransom? The company stated that while it struggled with paying the ransom , it was under significant pressure from other third parties to pay , who were also affected as a result of the attack and hence paid the ransom to a Bitcoin address . However , the attacks continued . The company has said that it has now learned its lesson , and " ProtonMail will NEVER pay another ransom " .
Swiss company , Proton Technologies , suffered a series of DDoS attacks beginning on 3 November , where attackers demanded a ransom be paid in cash . The company stated that while it struggled with paying the ransom , it was under significant pressure from other third parties to pay , who were also affected as a result of the attack and hence paid the ransom to a Bitcoin address . However , the attacks continued . The company has said that it has now learned its lesson , and " ProtonMail will NEVER pay another ransom " .