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By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Finland's interior minister summoned key Cabinet members into an emergency meeting Sunday after hundreds - with possibly information compromised from additional tens of thousands - of patient records at a private Finnish psychotherapy center were accessed by a hacker or hackers who are seeking ransom from clients. Finnish Interior Minister Maria Ohisalo tweeted that authorities would 'provide speedy crisis help to victims' of the security breach at the Vastaamo psychotherapy center, an incident she called 'shocking and very serious.' Vastaamo, which has branches throughout the Nordic country of 5.5 million and operates […]

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