Aleksanteri Kivimäki has been released from pretrial detention by court decision. A travel ban has been imposed on Kivimäki.
Psychotherapy center Aleksanteri Kivimäki is suspected of the data breach and extortion at the front desk. About 33,000 people’s information was leaked to the dark Tor network. Henri Kärkkäinen
Accused of Vastaamo data breach Alexander Kivimäki (formerly Julius Kivimäki) has been released from pretrial detention by the district court’s decision.
Kivimäki has been placed on a travel ban. Kivimäki does not come with an ankle strap. A decision was made on the matter at the end of the session. The decision is not yet in writing, but it will be confirmed to Iltalehti by the regional prosecutor Pasi Vainio.
The Vastaamo trial is still pending in the district court of Länsi-Uusimaa. Judgment will be given later. The prosecutor demands a seven-year sentence for Kivimäki.
This is what it’s all about
Kivimäki is suspected of a data breach targeting Psychotherapy Center Vastaamo.
The police suspect that Kivimäki blackmailed patients by threatening them with the publication of confidential patient information. Patient information was also leaked online.
Kivimäki was wanted and imprisoned in absentia on suspicion of crimes in October 2022. In February 2023, he was caught in France.
In total, there are more than 21,000 interested parties, i.e. victims.
The prosecutor filed charges against Kivimäki in October 2023. The prosecutor demands a seven-year prison sentence for Kivimäki for aggravated data breach, attempted aggravated blackmail, 9,598 aggravated dissemination of information infringing private life, 21,316 aggravated blackmail attempt and 20 aggravated blackmail.
Iltalehti exceptionally publishes the name of the accused before the district court’s decision based on the social significance of the Vastaamo data breach and the suspect’s serious criminal background.