Category Archives: Julius Kivimäki

Alleged Extortioner of Psychotherapy Patients Faces Trial

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Prosecutors in Finland this week commenced their criminal trial against Julius Kivimäki, a 26-year-old Finnish man charged with extorting a once popular and now-bankrupt online psychotherapy practice and thousands of its patients. In a 2,200-page report, Finnish authorities laid out how they connected the extortion spree to Kivimäki, a notorious hacker who was convicted in 2015 of perpetrating tens of thousands of cybercrimes, including data breaches, payment fraud, operating a botnet and calling in bomb threats. Continue reading Alleged Extortioner of Psychotherapy Patients Faces Trial→

Smashing Security podcast #319: The CEO who also ran IT, Strava strife, and TikTok tall tales

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A boss is bitten in the bottom after being struck by one of the worst crimes in Finnish history, Strava’s privacy isn’t so private, and a private investigator uncovers some TikTok tall tales. All this and much much more is discussed in the … Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #319: The CEO who also ran IT, Strava strife, and TikTok tall tales→

Finland’s Most-Wanted Hacker Nabbed in France

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Julius “Zeekill” Kivimäki, a 25-year-old Finnish man charged with extorting a local online psychotherapy practice and leaking therapy notes for more than 22,000 patients online, was arrested this week in France. A notorious hacker convicted of perpetrating tens of thousands of cybercrimes, Kivimäki had been in hiding since October 2022, when he failed to show up in court and Finland issued an international warrant for his arrest. Continue reading Finland’s Most-Wanted Hacker Nabbed in France→

Hacker Charged With Extorting Online Psychotherapy Service

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A 25-year-old Finnish man has been charged with extorting a once popular and now-bankrupt online psychotherapy company and its patients. Finnish authorities rarely name suspects in an investigation, but they were willing to make an exception for Julius “Zeekill” Kivimaki, a notorious hacker who — at the tender age of 17 — had been convicted of more than 50,000 cybercrimes, including data breaches, payment fraud, operating botnets, and calling in bomb threats. Continue reading Hacker Charged With Extorting Online Psychotherapy Service→