Psychotherapy practice hacker gets jail time after extorting patients, publishing personal therapy notes online

On October 30, 2020, I started a article with the words:

“Hell is too nice a place for these people.”

The subject of this outrage focused on the cybercriminals behind an attack on Finnish psychotherapy practice Vastaamo. Because it was a psychotherapy practice, the records contained extremely sensitive and confidential information about some of the most vulnerable people.

Sadly, the attacker did not stop at extorting the clinic but also sent extortion messages to the patients, asking them to pay …

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