Finland's District Court of Western Uusimaa sentenced hacker Aleksanteri Kivimäki to six years in prison for a cyberattack that stole the data of 33,000 Vastaamo therapy patients, Yleisradio Oy reports. Kivimäki was also charged with aggravated blackmail after he threatened to "spread the sensitive patient data on the dark web" if the company did not pay him 370,000 euros in Bitcoin.
30 April 2024
Finland court sentences hacker to 6 years in prison
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