Collaborate Disseminate
A 26-year-old Finnish man was sentenced to more than six years in prison today after being convicted of hacking into an online psychotherapy clinic, leaking tens of thousands of patient therapy records, and attempting to extort the clinic and patients. Continue reading Man Who Mass-Extorted Psychotherapy Patients Gets Six Years
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
Cybercriminals have already reportedly posted the details of 300 Vastaamo patients – and are threatening to release the data of others unless a ransom is paid. Continue reading Vastaamo Breach: Hackers Blackmailing Psychotherapy Patients