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Julius Kivimäki, a 25-year-old Finnish man, was arrested in France this week.
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He is a notorious hacker charged with extorting a local online psychotherapy practice and leaking therapy notes for over 22,000 patients.
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Kivimäki was hiding since October 2022, when he failed to show up in court.
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In October 2022, he was charged with attempting to extort money from the Vastaamo Psychotherapy Center.
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The hacker threatened to publish patient psychotherapy notes unless the center paid a six-figure ransom.
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When the center refused, the hacker started to extort individual patients.
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The hacker later uploaded the stolen patient records to the dark web.
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Security experts discovered the hacker's involvement through a mistake in their data upload.
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Kivimäki was arrested in France in response to a domestic violence report.
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He was identified by police through a wanted criminal record check and taken into custody.