10月下旬、フィンランドで医療機関を狙ったハッキングが発生した。攻撃されたのは民間の精神療法施設であるVastaamo(ヴァスターモ)だ。今回、F-SecureCRO(Chief Research Officer：研究所主席研究員)を務めるMikko

心理療法センターに通う数千人の患者の氏名・個人識別番号・メールアドレス・住所・心理療法の内容がハッキンググループに盗まれ、「情報を公開しないことと引き替えに45万ユーロ(約5500万円)を支払え」と脅迫されるという事件がフィンランドで発生しました。ターゲットとなった心理療法センターはフィンランドの政府機関の民間委託先であり、市民からの不信感が高まっています。

Finland’s interior minister has summoned key Cabinet members into an emergency meeting Sunday after hundreds — and possibly thousands — of patient records at a Finnish psychotherapy center were accessed by a hacker or hackers now demanding ransoms

The confidential records of thousands of psychotherapy patients in Finland have been hacked and some are now facing the threat of blackmail.

Stolen data appears to have included personal identification records and notes about therapy sessions.

An expert said sending personal details by email without proper security was "against all the rules".

In future all of Finland's cyber security functions in government could be concentrated in one ministry, rather than being the responsibility of several different ministries.

An extortionist has turned a breach of Finland's Vastaamo mental health services provider into a nightmare for victims.

Charming Kitten targets conference attendees.

Tens of thousands of patients concerned by massive hack.

The confidential treatment records of tens of thousands of psychotherapy patients in Finland have been hacked and some leaked online, in what the interior minister said Monday was \

Victims have been sent an email from a figure calling themselves 'ransom-man', demanding 200 euros paid in Bitcoin to keep the records secret, or else they will be leaked online - with 2,000 released so far.