- cross-posted to:
- cybersecuritymemes@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- cybersecuritymemes@lemmy.world
cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/10692187
so, the company was Vastaamo. was because it got bankrupt after the breach, and GDPR violations.
the “hacker”(or rather cracker) was extradited from France to Finland.
you can read about how terrible the company’s security was here: https://tietosuoja.fi/en/-/administrative-fine-imposed-on-psychotherapy-centre-vastaamo-for-data-protection-violationsor watch mental outlaw’s video on the matter, or the Wikipedia article on the breach.
now there are several things that shouldn’t have happened (e.g.: don’t do these things on your main OS, have root access disabled, etc.), but I’ll leave that to you experts.
While in the U.S., your mental health data are just on the market, waiting to be brought.
https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/blog/2023/03/ftc-says-online-counseling-service-betterhelp-pushed-people-handing-over-health-information-broke
In the good case, there will be a class action law suit, and every victim will get approximately 2 dollars back for all their health data sold; but only after giving more sensitive information to the company that distributes these two dollars.
https://www.morrisbart.com/faqs/how-is-money-divided-in-a-class-action-lawsuit/
What a fun time to be alive.
What the fuck, I had no idea about betterhelp being so scummy.
I firmly believe any service that advertises that much on YouTube and podcasts is evil.
I’m waiting to hear about Hello Fresh’s child trafficking ring or whatever they’re up to.
Hello Fresh is notorious for being an abusive employer who LOVES union busting!
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/nov/11/hellofresh-employees-union-claims-abuse