Direct link.

!selfhosted@lemmy.world to the win!

Apparently was not related to a cyber attack, as stated in status page (https://status.proton.me/)

We have resolved all service outages, and the situation has been stable for some time. We have identified the root cause of the problem, implemented a fix, and are now monitoring the results. Jan 09, 2025 - 19:27 CET

Original research: https://www.jamf.com/blog/tcc-bypass-steals-data-from-icloud/

Nevertheless: https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/blog/crowdstrike-fortinet-partnership-unifies-endpoint-firewall-protection/

That’s why I don’t use Kaspersky :)

In my opinion, you will always be at the mercy of a government in this context: US, China, Russia. In the end it’s a matter of choosing which one. FOSS maybe a little less, but in the end it’s almost the same. That’s my view, of course. That doesn’t mean you can’t give them a hard time ;)

Update: Israel Planted Explosives in Pagers Sold to Hezbollah, Officials Say (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/17/world/middleeast/israel-hezbollah-pagers-explosives.html)