Hacker jailed for blackmailing therapy patients for bitcoin

“After this, there rise thoughts about how short the conviction is when reflected against the number of victims. But, that’s the Finnish law and I must accept that,” the victim said.

Finnish media reports that Kivimäki’s sentence was reportedly shortened by three months due to settlements he’s made with plaintiffs and some of the victims. Despite this, more victims will reportedly come forward with civil court cases against him seeking compensation.

Police lost Finnish hacker

Kivimäki was arrested in Paris in February 2023 he attempted to evade authorities and was extradited to Finland weeks later. At one point, he failed to show up to court for a week with authorities claiming they had lost the 26-year-old.

During the investigation into Kivimäki, Finland’s National Bureau of Investigation (KRP) may have also cracked Monero’s privacy ethos after it claimed to have heuristically concluded the probabilistic outcome of a Monero transaction.

The KRP, however, wouldn’t reveal its methods, claiming, “Police don’t want to tell criminals or anyone else how the anonymous cryptocurrency could have been traced. Working tracing methods could be of significant help to the KRP in other ongoing or future criminal investigations” (translated from Finnish).

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