Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-10-25 00:00:00
Affected organization: Psykoterapiakeskus Vastaamon (Psychotherapy Center Vastaamo)
Affected country: Finland
Industry: Health Care and Social Assistance
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: Ransom_Man
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Vastaamo, a company that offers psychotherapy to thousands of patients across Finland says it's been the victim of aÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆÃ¢â¬Â 'ÃÆÃ'ÃÂ¢Ã¢'Â¬ÃÂ 'ÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆÃÂ¢ÃÂ¢'ÃÂ¬Ã'ÃÂ 'ÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆÃ¢â¬Â '''ÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆÃ¢â¬Â 'ÃÆÃ'ÃÂ¢Ã¢'Â¬ÃÂ ''ÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆÃ¢â¬Â ''ÃÆÃ'Ãâ ''ÃÆÃ''ÃÆ'Ã'ÃÂ data breach, with the personal information of customers held for ransom. In addition to extorting the company, the attacker has contacted individual patients to demand payment for their data.