Scam messages are sent to data breach victims. The messages also contain their personal information.
Psykoterapiakeskus Vastamo’s data breach victims’ personal information is used in targeted scams.
Scam messages disguised as the Suomi.fi service have been sent to the victims of the reception desk, in which it is said that the person has received support that they have not even applied for. Mikrobitti told about it midsummer week.
The messages have been made credibly, as the victim’s information has been attached to them, which most likely came from a data breach leak. The information attached to the message has included, for example, a social security number and a home address.
Victims are united by Vastaamo
The information obtained by the fraudsters turned out to be from a data breach. After the story was published, several people who received the scam message in question got in touch For delivery of the microbit. The contacts were connected by Vastaamo’s customer base.
This is what a scam message looks like. A microbit
However, some of the reported information is possibly out of date, which reveals the message as a scam.
– For my part, the message uses my information leaked in the Vastaamo data breach, which has not been updated for years, says one of the readers.
Mikrobitti thinks that a combination of several stolen databases could have been used in the case.
In the fall of last year, the Crime Victims Emergency Service reminded that victims should renew personal credit bans if they wish. However, a credit ban does not help being the target of scams.
Psychotherapy Center Vastaamo’s data breach came to light in the fall of 2020. Vastaamo’s patient database was not protected and was vulnerable to hackers between the end of 2017 and the beginning of 2019.