<s>
Mailgun	B-Protocol
Technologies	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
is	O
an	O
email	O
delivery	O
service	O
for	O
sending	O
,	O
receiving	O
,	O
and	O
tracking	O
emails	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mailgun	B-Protocol
Technologies	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2010	O
by	O
Ev	O
Kontsevoy	O
and	O
Taylor	O
Wakefield	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
Mailgun	B-Protocol
Technologies	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
was	O
selected	O
for	O
Y	O
Combinator	O
’s	O
2011	O
class	O
,	O
facilitating	O
the	O
company	O
’s	O
product	O
and	O
growth	O
with	O
early	O
funding	O
from	O
the	O
creators	O
of	O
Yahoo	B-Application
Mail	I-Application
,	O
Gmail	B-Application
,	O
and	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mailgun	B-Protocol
Technologies	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Rackspace	O
in	O
2012	O
so	O
their	O
customers	O
could	O
easily	O
combine	O
cloud-based	O
email	O
services	O
into	O
their	O
applications	O
and	O
websites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
Mailgun	B-Protocol
launched	O
their	O
first	O
email	O
validations	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
Mailgun	B-Protocol
Technologies	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
became	O
its	O
own	O
company	O
,	O
leaving	O
Rackspace	O
with	O
$50M	O
in	O
growth	O
capital	O
from	O
Turn/River	O
Capital	O
with	O
participation	O
from	O
Scaleworks	O
and	O
Rackspace	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mailgun	B-Protocol
was	O
attained	O
by	O
the	O
private	O
equity	O
firm	O
Thoma	O
Bravo	O
in	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2019	O
,	O
Mailgun	B-Protocol
won	O
their	O
European	O
competitor	O
Mailjet	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2021	O
,	O
Mailgun	B-Protocol
became	O
a	O
Pathwire	O
brand	O
alongside	O
Mailjet	B-Application
and	O
their	O
validations	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Pathwire	O
family	O
of	O
brands	O
was	O
shortly	O
thereafter	O
owned	O
by	O
the	O
Swedish	O
company	O
Sinch	B-Application
in	O
September	O
of	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2020	O
,	O
Will	O
Conway	O
,	O
CEO	O
of	O
Mailgun	B-Protocol
,	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
two	O
Central	O
Texas	O
finalists	O
for	O
Ernst	O
&	O
Young	O
's	O
yearly	O
Entrepreneur	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
award	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2021	O
,	O
Inventiva	O
magazine	O
included	O
Mailgun	B-Protocol
in	O
their	O
'	O
10	O
best	O
SMTP	O
start-up	O
companies	O
 '	O
list	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
,	O
Mailgun	B-Protocol
's	O
website	O
,	O
powered	O
by	O
WordPress	B-Application
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
was	O
attacked	O
along	O
with	O
many	O
other	O
WordPress	B-Application
sites	O
,	O
and	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
redirect	O
to	O
malicious	O
sites	O
,	O
ZDNet	O
reported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mailgun	B-Protocol
resolved	O
the	O
issue	O
within	O
two	O
hours	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
messages	O
were	O
delivered	O
via	O
Mailgun	B-Protocol
,	O
Mailgun	B-Protocol
was	O
not	O
at	O
fault	O
for	O
the	O
leak	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
report	O
,	O
with	O
further	O
investigation	O
by	O
the	O
Russian	O
Anti-Corruption	O
Foundation	O
confirming	O
that	O
the	O
group	O
leaked	O
their	O
API	O
key	O
leading	O
to	O
the	O
attacker	O
accessing	O
the	O
Mailgun	B-Protocol
account	O
to	O
download	O
the	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2021	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
Mailgun	B-Protocol
's	O
customers	O
,	O
US-based	O
Chipotle	O
Mexican	O
Grill	O
,	O
was	O
compromised	O
to	O
send	O
120	O
spam	O
messages	O
in	O
three	O
days	O
,	O
and	O
Mailgun	B-Protocol
prevented	O
unauthorized	O
access	O
and	O
launched	O
an	O
investigation	O
in	O
the	O
account	O
.	O
</s>
