Finland’s National Bureau of Investigation has traced Monero transactions that are linked to the hacking of the private psychological clinic Vastaamo.
Authorities accuse Julius Aleksanteri Kivimäki of hacking into the hospital’s database.
Kivimäki demanded 40 BTC from Vastaamo in exchange for not releasing patient records. However, he did not get his money and targeted individual patients.
When the attacker received money from clinic clients he would send it to a non KYC exchange and exchange it for XMR coins.
Different wallets were used for storage.
No details on how the Monero transactions were traced have been disclosed by the authorities.