content: Who has the resources to target one of these companies with a 100 Gbps DDOS, let alone four of them simultaneously? And if a few grand per victim was really all they wanted, wouldn't it be in their best interest to stop the attack after receiving the extortion fee from ProtonMail? Now everyone knows they won't stop, so they have no hope of getting any more money. It's almost as if the goal is to reduce their reliability and public image, rather than get money or do it for the lulz.