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Is there any truth behind the alleged data breach at Fortnite maker Epic Games? Who launched the ransomware attack that caused a fallout at pharmacies? And what’s the latest on the heart-breaking hack of Finnish therapy clinic Vastaamo? All this … Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #362: Ransomware fraud, pharmacy chaos, and suicide
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
A Finnish court has given the former CEO of a chain of psychotherapy clinics a suspended jail sentence after failing to adequately protect highly sensitive notes of patients’ therapy sessions from falling into the hands of blackmailing hackers.
Company transcribed ultra-personal conversations, didn’t secure them. Criminal stole them, then extorted thousands of vulnerable patients. Continue reading Finnish psychotherapy extortion suspect arrested in France
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
Wanted! Not only the extortionist who abused the data, but also the CEO who let it happen. Continue reading Psychotherapy extortion suspect: arrest warrant issued
By Habiba Rashid
Finnish-based psychotherapy practice, Vastaamo, earlier came into the world’s attention back in October 2020 after it suffered a devastating attack.
This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hacked Finnish psychotherapy … Continue reading Hacked Finnish psychotherapy clinic files for bankruptcy
A psychotherapy center was hacked, losing sensitive healthcare data on more than 40,000 patients.
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Continue reading Therapy Center Hacked, 40,000 Patients Sent Ransom Demands
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