Italy’s Chamber says three parliamentary email accounts were targeted
Original title: Italy ’s Parliament Under Cyber Pressure: Why the Attack on the Chamber Matters
Public statements do not yet say whether messages were read or any data was taken.
Italy’s Chamber of Deputies confirmed its IT systems were targeted and said it activated security measures with the National Cybersecurity Agency. Reports say three parliamentary email accounts were affected, including one assigned to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni plus accounts linked to Andrea Delmastro and Paolo Formentini. Palazzo Chigi said Meloni’s affected account is not the one she uses for government communications. The Chamber called the incident non-emergency and said similar pressure has intensified on Italian, European and international institutions. An October 8 DDoS on Italy’s Foreign Ministry was linked by media to pro-Russian actors, with no public evidence tying the two events.
Unconfirmed: The extent of access, whether information was taken, and any link to the October 8 DDoS or a foreign government are not established.
- The Chamber said attacks of this kind occur daily and have no emergency implications.
- Investigators have not publicly established whether access was blocked or accounts were opened.
- A DDoS and an email intrusion are described as technically different operations.
- The commentary says attribution to a foreign government is not established.
Impact: Possible access to three parliamentary email accounts
- Victims
- Chamber of Deputies
- Organizations
- National Cybersecurity AgencyPalazzo Chigi
- Countries
- Italy
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Italy ’s Parliament cyberattack highlights hybrid warfare risks and the need for transparency, stronger defenses and accountability. The cyberattack targeting email accounts at Italy’s Chamber of Deputies, including a parliamentary account assigned to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, raises questions that go well beyond the security of individual inboxes. At a time when European institutions face […]
By Pierluigi Paganini · securityaffairs.com
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