Wow. Evidently they destroyed all the data preemptively as well. No notice, just poof. You have to wonder if they thought the situation was dire enough to not give people any warning that their emails were being lost. I understand the decision from a security standpoint, but there must have been some fear up in that decision room. Applaud them for the tough decision.
"Mike Janke, Silent Circle’s chief executive, said in a telephone interview late Thursday that his company had destroyed its server. “Gone. Can’t get it back. Nobody can,” he said. “We thought it was better to take flak from customers than be forced to turn it over.”
That's harsh, but I'm glad to (finally) see an appropriate companies reaction to all this mess. Sadly, most non-technical people will not understand what such companies do and these stories unlikely hit headlines or have bigger impact on public opinion.
"Mike Janke, Silent Circle’s chief executive, said in a telephone interview late Thursday that his company had destroyed its server. “Gone. Can’t get it back. Nobody can,” he said. “We thought it was better to take flak from customers than be forced to turn it over.”
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/08/two-providers-of-en...