Julius Kivimäki, a 26-year-old Finnish man with a history of cybercrime, was sentenced to over six years in prison for hacking into Vastaamo Psychotherapy Center in Finland, leaking tens of thousands of patient therapy records, and trying to extort the clinic and patients. In October 2020, the clinic was blackmailed by a tormentor named ransom_man demanding 40 bitcoins in exchange for not publishing therapy notes. When the clinic refused, ransom_man targeted individual patients with extortion attempts
About 22,000 victims reported the threats. Kivimäki, a notorious criminal hacker, was identified as the suspect and fled the country after being charged in October 2022, but was arrested in France. The sentence of six years and three months was given, reduced from seven years as Kivimäki agreed to compensate his victims. Despite the gravity of his actions, Kivimäki will serve approximately half of the sentence due to juvenile convictions not counting towards offender status in Finland. ```https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/04/man-who-mass-extorted-psychotherapy-patients-gets-six-years/