DarkReading
Two years after a warrant went out for his arrest, Aleksanteri Kivimäki finally has been found guilty of thousands of counts of aggravated attempted blackmail, among other charges.
Security Affairs
Finnish hacker was sentenced to more than six years in prison for hacking into an online psychotherapy clinic and attempted extortion.
SecurityWeek
A Finnish court sentenced a 26-year-old man to prison for hacking a private psychotherapy center and seeking ransom payments.
The Cyber Express
Julius Kivimäki, one of Europe's most sought-after cyber criminals, has been sentenced to more than six years jail for attempting
Krebs on Security
A 26-year-old Finnish man was sentenced to more than six years in prison today after being convicted of hacking into an online psychotherapy clinic, leaking tens of thousands of patient therapy records, and attempting to extort the clinic and patients.
The Record
Aleksanteri Kivimäki, formerly known by the first name Julius and the hacker handle Zeekill, was convicted on all charges relating to the hack of Helsinki-based Vastaamo.
DataBreaches
YLE News, STT report: Some patients from the Vastaamo psychotherapy centre had died by suicide after their patient records were stolen and used in extorition...
Bleeping Computer
Julius Aleksanteri Kivimäki, the suspect believed to be behind an attack against one of Finland's largest psychotherapy clinics, Vastaamo, was allegedly identified by tracing what has been believed to be untraceable Monero transactions.
DataBreaches
Brian Krebs reports: Prosecutors in Finland this week commenced their criminal trial against Julius Kivimäki, a 26-year-old Finnish man charged with...
Krebs on Security
Prosecutors in Finland this week commenced their criminal trial against Julius Kivimäki, a 26-year-old Finnish man charged with extorting a once popular and now-bankrupt online psychotherapy practice and thousands of its patients. In a 2,200-page report, Finnish authorities laid out…
The Record
Kivimäki allegedly hacked into the Finnish firm Vastaamo, which managed dozens of psychotherapy centers throughout the country, in 2018, stealing the private treatment records of over 33,000 patients.
Naked Security
Company transcribed ultra-personal conversations, didn’t secure them. Criminal stole them, then extorted thousands of vulnerable patients.
DataBreaches
Recidivism is a thing. Alexander Martin reports: Julius Kivimäki, the Finnish member of Lizard Squad — who as a teenager in 2015 was convicted on over...