Upload to HockeyApp fails with following Exception: (increasing the timeout didn't help)

org.apache.http.conn.ConnectTimeoutException: Connect to rink.hockeyapp.net/54.235.189.6:443 timed out
at org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLSocketFactory.connectSocket(SSLSocketFactory.java:335)
at org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultClientConnectionOperator.openConnection(DefaultClientConnectionOperator.java:123)
at org.apache.http.impl.conn.AbstractPoolEntry.open(AbstractPoolEntry.java:147)
at org.apache.http.impl.conn.AbstractPooledConnAdapter.open(AbstractPooledConnAdapter.java:108)
at org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultRequestDirector.execute(DefaultRequestDirector.java:415)
at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:641)
at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:576)
at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:554)
at hockeyapp.HockeyappRecorder.performForApplication(HockeyappRecorder.java:250)
at hockeyapp.HockeyappRecorder.perform(HockeyappRecorder.java:154)
at hudson.tasks.BuildStepMonitor$1.perform(BuildStepMonitor.java:20)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.perform(AbstractBuild.java:782)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.performAllBuildSteps(AbstractBuild.java:723)
at hudson.model.Build$BuildExecution.post2(Build.java:185)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.post(AbstractBuild.java:668)
at hudson.model.Run.execute(Run.java:1763)
at hudson.model.FreeStyleBuild.run(FreeStyleBuild.java:43)
at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:98)
at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:410)