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

ID: 76ca4071-6dfc-5b5c-bed1-9bb5e793846d

STIX ID: report--76ca4071-6dfc-5b5c-bed1-9bb5e793846d

Feed Name: Malwarebytes Blog

Threat Score
75/100

Date Published: 2024-05-02

Date Updated: 2026-04-28

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**Executive Summary:** The report describes the Vastaamo psychotherapy breach where attackers stole and later published thousands of highly sensitive patient therapy records, extorted both the clinic (demanding a large ransom) and individual patients with smaller payments, leading to severe consequences including the clinic's closure, board and legal actions, and at least one suicide; the primary perpetrator, Julius Kivimäki (aka Zeekill), was later convicted and sentenced to prison.

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