Man accused of Finland psychotherapy hack charged with 21,000 counts of extortion

Aleksanteri Kivimaki is accused of stealing tens of thousands of records from patients and seeking money for not leaking them

Prosecutors in Finland have charged a hacker, accused of the theft of tens of thousands of records from psychotherapy patients, with more than 21,000 counts of extortion.

“The suspect is held on remand and has denied being guilty of the offences,” the national prosecution authority said in a statement on Wednesday.