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Why This Finnish Psychotherapy Hacker Is a Terrorist
Hacking is not a victimless crime.
Hackers: those nerds with glasses who work in the fringes of the law in their dark rooms, powered by copious amounts of Red Bull. They’re wild and they commit crimes that are largely financial, so it’s easier ot forget that those crimes have victims, too.
Sometimes, in the movies, they make it look cool. They use their powers for good, hunting down the rich and powerful.
Movies like Furious 7 or the The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo showed us beautiful, badass women who just happen to be amazingly talented computer wizards, too.
And there are some real-world examples of “good” hackers, too, like when the hacker collective Anonymous attacked Russia after Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine.
But in the real world, hackers are more often than not just selfish people looking out to get rich quick, or employees of crime syndicates and rogue regimes like North Korea.
And sometimes, they’re terrorists who, in their quest to make money instead of finding an honest job, ruin people’s lives and mental health.
Such is the story of this Finnish young man, who decided to hack a psychotherapy service in order to make some money.
