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Extortion Money Found in Bank Account of Aleksanteri Kivimaki, Prosecutors SayProsecutors trying the case of a Finnish national accused of attempting to extort tens of thousands of psychotherapy patients and of later posting therapy notes online said Monday that they have traced the cryptocurrency wallet used by the blackmailer to the accused man.

Finnish IT Services Previews Days or Weeks of Disruption, Ties Attack to AkiraAn Akira ransomware attack that hit a data center run by Finnish IT software and services firm Tietoevry has led to widespread outages across Sweden. Healthcare, local governments, retail outlets and the country's largest cinema chain are among the organizations experiencing ongoing disruptions.

Finnish IT services and enterprise cloud hosting provider Tietoevry has suffered a ransomware attack impacting cloud hosting customers in one of its data centers in Sweden, with the attack reportedly conducted by the Akira ransomware gang. [...]