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briankrebs@infosec.exchange

BrianKrebs

Edited 1 year ago

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.

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/04/man-who-mass-extorted-psychotherapy-patients-gets-six-years/

Even though Julius "Zeekill" Kivimaki has a cybercrime rap sheet thicker than a dictionary, he will end up serving roughly half that time, because all that stuff he did before he turned 18 doesn't count toward first-time offender status.

BTW, the CEO of the now-bankrupt psychotherapy practice was prosecuted as well (database credentials "root/root") but received a suspended sentence.

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melroy@mastodon.melroy.org

Melroy van den Berg

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@briankrebs if the username & password was both root and root then don't blame "the hacker" here. 😅

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briankrebs@infosec.exchange

BrianKrebs

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@melroy Well, according to the former CEO, someone had nixed the password, so even a blank password would have worked.

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jarkko

Jarkko Sakkinen

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Edited 1 year ago
@briankrebs apparently that ceo has yet to find mastodon ;-) social suicide commentary in every other possible social media. he should author a book called "how to f*ck up your life and beyond"
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jarkko

Jarkko Sakkinen

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@briankrebs right, and to add, if you have a criminal court case ongoing shut f*ck up until it is done and finished. you might end up saying stupid things on internet that can be potentially used against you as evidence. no wonder the security was flawed...
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