Hackers demand ransom in cryptocurrency from patients of Finnish medical centers Vastaamo
In Finland, hackers have gained access to the medical records of patients in psychotherapy centers and are demanding a ransom in cryptocurrency, otherwise threatening to publish the information in the public domain. The hackers gained access to the medical data of 40,000 patients at Vastaamo psychotherapy centers. The attackers exploited a security breach that appeared as a result of a hack in 2018, but which was not previously known. The hackers began contacting patients whose…
