GCHQ (UK's 'NSA') Forced secure email service PrivateSky to shut down early 2013
readability.com
readability.com
that submission is from a different source (itsecurityguru.org) so this one may have different details.
There's another version here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6896127
The real story on the PrivateSky takedown
(certivox.com)
And here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6900267 GCHQ Forced Secure Email Service PrivateSky to Shut Down
(ibtimes.co.uk)