With that being said, we should've known by know that verifying a signature is a must to make sure we download the legit one. I feel sorry for OP but if he pays attention to Electrum download page (or any wallet download page), he should be aware that there's only one place to download Electrum and then he needs to verify the signature after he downloads it.
But of course, Electrum has to get better to prevent something like this from happening, which Electrum do right now even though it is slow.
I agree. Last month of so, electrum has been a target by the hackers, recently it was a this attempt, Electrum servers are currently under a DDoS attack. It is still one of the best wallet, if not the best, but if lots of users are losing money, then I wouldn't be surprise if they move their funds on another wallet service.