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How will the story of one of the biggest cybercrimes in the country's history end?
One of the most notorious cybercrimes in the country's history is being tried in Finland. 26-year-old Aleksanteri Kivimyaki, formerly known as Julius Kivimyaki, is accused of violating the confidentiality of patients in private psychotherapy centers in Helsinki.
According to the prosecutor's office, the fact that the young man not only hacked the clinic's client databases, but also made an extortion attempt will seriously weigh down the punishment. If convicted, Kiwimaki faces up to seven years in prison.
It is known that in 2018, the hacker penetrated the systems of Vastaamo, which manages dozens of psychotherapy centers across the country. He stole confidential medical records of about 33,000 patients. More than 21,000 victims subsequently contacted the police.
Kiwimaki demanded $ 380,000 in bitcoins from Vastaamo, but the company was reluctant to make contact, so he tried to enter from the other side. The hacker began sending emails to clients demanding different amounts, from 200 to 500 euros, and promising in return not to disclose the details of their sessions with psychologists.
When the management of Vastaamo finally refused to pay the ransom, Kivimaki published some of the stolen information on the darknet.
The compromised files contained social security numbers, phone numbers, email addresses of patients, as well as audio recordings of consultations and notes from specialists.
Finnish media noted that the upcoming hearing will be "extremely large-scale", as about 500 victims expressed their desire to participate in the process.
As a teenager, Aleksanteri Kivimyaki was a member of the Lizard Squad group, which was most active at the end of 2014. Then the hackers were accused of organizing DDoS attacks on the PlayStation and Xbox game services, as well as threatening to blow up the plane with the president of Sony Online Entertainment on board.
In 2015, Kiwimaki was already convicted of more than 50,000 computer crimes.
But Vastaamo itself made a lot of mistakes. The company first became aware of the incident in October 2020. Immediately after, the board of directors fired CEO Ville Tapio, accusing him of hiding information about the hack for a year and a half.
The owners of Vastaamo, Tapio and his relatives, sold their majority stake to a private investment fund before the breach became known. Tax data showed that the sale made the family members real millionaires.
The company grappled with the fallout from the scandal for several months before declaring bankruptcy in February 2021.
In April of this year, Tapio was sentenced to a suspended three-month sentence for violating the law on personal data protection.
One of the most notorious cybercrimes in the country's history is being tried in Finland. 26-year-old Aleksanteri Kivimyaki, formerly known as Julius Kivimyaki, is accused of violating the confidentiality of patients in private psychotherapy centers in Helsinki.
According to the prosecutor's office, the fact that the young man not only hacked the clinic's client databases, but also made an extortion attempt will seriously weigh down the punishment. If convicted, Kiwimaki faces up to seven years in prison.
It is known that in 2018, the hacker penetrated the systems of Vastaamo, which manages dozens of psychotherapy centers across the country. He stole confidential medical records of about 33,000 patients. More than 21,000 victims subsequently contacted the police.
Kiwimaki demanded $ 380,000 in bitcoins from Vastaamo, but the company was reluctant to make contact, so he tried to enter from the other side. The hacker began sending emails to clients demanding different amounts, from 200 to 500 euros, and promising in return not to disclose the details of their sessions with psychologists.
When the management of Vastaamo finally refused to pay the ransom, Kivimaki published some of the stolen information on the darknet.
The compromised files contained social security numbers, phone numbers, email addresses of patients, as well as audio recordings of consultations and notes from specialists.
Finnish media noted that the upcoming hearing will be "extremely large-scale", as about 500 victims expressed their desire to participate in the process.
As a teenager, Aleksanteri Kivimyaki was a member of the Lizard Squad group, which was most active at the end of 2014. Then the hackers were accused of organizing DDoS attacks on the PlayStation and Xbox game services, as well as threatening to blow up the plane with the president of Sony Online Entertainment on board.
In 2015, Kiwimaki was already convicted of more than 50,000 computer crimes.
But Vastaamo itself made a lot of mistakes. The company first became aware of the incident in October 2020. Immediately after, the board of directors fired CEO Ville Tapio, accusing him of hiding information about the hack for a year and a half.
The owners of Vastaamo, Tapio and his relatives, sold their majority stake to a private investment fund before the breach became known. Tax data showed that the sale made the family members real millionaires.
The company grappled with the fallout from the scandal for several months before declaring bankruptcy in February 2021.
In April of this year, Tapio was sentenced to a suspended three-month sentence for violating the law on personal data protection.
