Finnish government tables laws to protect data from cyber criminals Government is strengthening its legal framework to protect data from hackers in the wake of a massive breach at a psychotherapy centre Share this item with your network: By Published: 18 Dec 2020 11:00 The huge data security breach and cyber-ransom attack at Finland’s Vastaamo Psychotherapy Centre has provoked a swift response from the government, which is primed to introduce more rigid laws and measures to protect the country’s databases and sensitive information from cyber criminals. Hackers penetrated Vastaamo’s patient database and central medical records register in November 2018 and again in the spring of 2019, but it was only in September this year that Vastaamo’s board informed authorities about the hack.