{
  "id": 7328260,
  "title": "Finnish police extend search for Vastaamo hacker Aleksanteri Kivimäki across Europe",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/finnish-police-extend-search-for-vastaamo-hacker-aleksanteri-kivimaki",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-14T13:26:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yle News Finland",
    "slug": "yle-news-finland",
    "url": "https://yle.fi/a/74-20246237?origin=rss"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Finnish police have extended their search for Aleksanteri Kivimäki, a 29-year-old hacker convicted for breaching the patient database of the Vastaamo psychotherapy centre. Kivimäki was given a six-year and three-month prison sentence in April 2024 after being found guilty of various charges, including aggravated data breach and attempted extortion. In response to his refusal to attend a correction facility in July, a European Arrest Warrant (EAW) was issued, covering not only EU countries but also certain non-EU states like Norway. Kivimäki, whose lawyer, Peter Jaari, claimed he had no knowledge of his exact location, had previously evaded authorities. He was apprehended in France in 2023 following a European Arrest Warrant and was released from pre-trial detention in Helsinki in early 2024 but went missing for a week before being found.",
  "summary": "A nationwide wanted notice was issued for Kivimäki during the summer after he failed to show up at prison to serve the remainder of his sentence.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}