Man Who Mass-Extorted Psychotherapy Patients Gets Six Years
Summary: A 26-year-old Finnish man, Julius "Zeekill" Kivimäki, was sentenced to six years and three months in prison for hacking the Vastaamo Psychotherapy Center, leaking tens of thousands of patient therapy records, and extorting the clinic and its patients. When Vastaamo refused his demand for 40 bitcoins, he shifted to targeting individuals, and Finnish police said some 22,000 victims reported extortion attempts demanding 500 euros each to keep their therapy notes offline.
What you should know: Prosecutors had sought at least seven years, but Kivimäki will serve roughly half his sentence because juvenile convictions in Finland do not count toward first-time-offender status, despite his prior record of tens of thousands of cybercrimes. The clinic protected patient records with the username and password "root/root," and its former CEO received a suspended three-month sentence.
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