“Many patients of a large psychotherapy clinic in Finland have been contacted individually by a blackmailer, after their data was stolen,” reports the BBC:
The data appears to have included personal identification records and notes about what was discussed in therapy sessions.
Vastaamo is a nationwide practice with about 20 branches and thousands of patients. The clinic has advised those affected to contact the police. It said it believed the data had been stolen in November 2018, with a further potential breach in March 2019… About 300 records have already been published on the dark web, according to the Associated Press news agency.
On its website, the clinic calls the attack “a great crisis”. It has set up a helpline and is offering all victims one free therapy session, the details of which will not be recorded.
According to the article, the blackmailer claims Vastaamo refused to pay the 40 bitcoin ransom — so they are instead blackmailing individual patients.
And one patient even complained that while his therapist took notes in a physical notebook, “he had not been told these would be uploaded to a server.”
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