A Popular Server for Encrypted Chat Has Been 'Intentionally' Shut Down

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/a-popular-server-for-encrypted-chat-is-down-and-no-one-knows-why

A chat server used by countless activists, dissidents and security-minded journalists to have encrypted conversations using OTR (“Off The Record” messaging) has been down for more than a day.

The server, Jabber.ccc.de, went offline at around 9 AM UTC yesterday morning. The server is run by the European collective Chaos Computer Club. [...]

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