Impact & Downstream Threats
This breach carries high risk due to the nature of exposed data fields and the scale of affected records.
- Identity theft and synthetic identity construction using government-issued IDs
- Targeted phishing campaigns using exposed email addresses
Breach Intelligence
Executive Summary
In October 2020, the Finnish psychotherapy service Vastaamo was the subject of a ransomware attack targeting first the company itself, followed by their patients directly. The original security incident dates back to a period between late 2018 and early 2019 and exposed data including 30k unique email addresses, names, social security numbers and notes on individuals' psychotherapy sessions. This breach has been flagged as "sensitive" and is only searchable by owners of the email addresses and domains exposed in the incident.
As this breach has been flagged as sensitive,
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About Vastaamo
Finnish psychotherapy services provider.
Data Points Exposed
Dark Web Verification
Status: Confirmed
- Dataset containing approximately 30K records identified in breach intelligence sources.
- The data is indexed and searchable across breach notification platforms.
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⚠️ Do not assume this is low sensitivity.
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Frequently Asked Questions
In March 2019, Vastaamo experienced a data breach that exposed approximately 30K records containing personal information.
The exposed data includes fields such as email address, full name, health information, ssn.
Approximately 30K records were affected based on current breach intelligence.
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