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Finnish Data Theft and Extortion

December 10, 2020 by ITSecurity.Org Ltd

The Finnish psychotherapy clinic Vastaamo was the victim of a data breach and theft. The criminals tried extorting money from the clinic. When that failed, they started extorting money from the patients:

Neither the company nor Finnish investigators have released many details about the nature of the breach, but reports say the attackers initially sought a payment of about 450,000 euros to protect about 40,000 patient records. The company reportedly did not pay up. Given the scale of the attack and the sensitive nature of the stolen data, the case has become a national story in Finland. Globally, attacks on health care organizations have escalated as cybercriminals look for higher-value targets.

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Vastaamo said customers and employees had “personally been victims of extortion” in the case. Reports say that on Oct. 21 and Oct. 22, the cybercriminals began posting batches of about 100 patient records on the dark web and allowing people to pay about 500 euros to have their information taken down.

Filed Under: blackmail, Cybercrime, cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Extortion, healthcare, IT Security, theft, Uncategorized

Insider Attack on the Carnegie Library

September 2, 2020 by ITSecurity.Org Ltd

Insider Attack on the Carnegie Library

Greg Priore, the person in charge of the rare book room at the Carnegie Library, stole from it for almost two decades before getting caught.

It’s a perennial problem: trusted insiders have to be trusted.

Tags: insiders, theft

Sidebar photo of Bruce Schneier by Joe MacInnis.

Filed Under: insiders, IT Security, theft, Uncategorized