<story><title>Finland’s most-wanted hacker nabbed in France</title><url>https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/02/finlands-most-wanted-hacker-nabbed-in-france/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>bawolff</author><text>I wish we would stop calling these types of people hackers and just call them extortionists. The fact a computer was used to commit the crime really changes nothing about the crime.&lt;p&gt;If he physically broke in we wouldn&amp;#x27;t call him a nortorious lockpicker.</text></item><item><author>pasiaj</author><text>This was one nefarious operation by the hacker:&lt;p&gt;- He hacked the patient files of a psychotherapy center Vastaamo. This included therapy notes for more than 22.000 patients.&lt;p&gt;- First the hacker blackmailed the therapy center.&lt;p&gt;- Next he started blackmailing individual patients.&lt;p&gt;- Finally he released the files online revealing very private information on thousands of patients.&lt;p&gt;I can only imagine the horror felt by the people whose therapy notes were made public.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>pfoof</author><text>For real, someone who has OpSec of his level (pack home directory to dark web) does not deserve to be named a hacker</text></comment>
<story><title>Finland’s most-wanted hacker nabbed in France</title><url>https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/02/finlands-most-wanted-hacker-nabbed-in-france/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>bawolff</author><text>I wish we would stop calling these types of people hackers and just call them extortionists. The fact a computer was used to commit the crime really changes nothing about the crime.&lt;p&gt;If he physically broke in we wouldn&amp;#x27;t call him a nortorious lockpicker.</text></item><item><author>pasiaj</author><text>This was one nefarious operation by the hacker:&lt;p&gt;- He hacked the patient files of a psychotherapy center Vastaamo. This included therapy notes for more than 22.000 patients.&lt;p&gt;- First the hacker blackmailed the therapy center.&lt;p&gt;- Next he started blackmailing individual patients.&lt;p&gt;- Finally he released the files online revealing very private information on thousands of patients.&lt;p&gt;I can only imagine the horror felt by the people whose therapy notes were made public.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Manuel_D</author><text>The two are not mutually exclusive: A hacker that steals people&amp;#x27;s banking info and drains their funds is a hacker and a financial fraudster. Hackers conducting ransomware attacks are hackers and extortionists. The fact that a computer was used to commit the crime is just a detail of how the extortion was carried out.</text></comment>