Meloni's visit to Kiev, pro-Russian hackers cyber attack on banks and institutions in Italy

2023-02-23 07:48:02Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Meloni's visit to Kiev, pro-Russian hackers cyber attack on banks and

Italian institutions were affected by a cyber attack yesterday, which caused great damage to companies, institutions, including ministries and banks. The attack, which has so far caused recoverable damage, comes from Filorusians, the hacker group also known as NoName057, in response to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's visit to Ukraine.

The attack was of DDos type. The effects were seen since yesterday. The collective cited that the systems of the Ministry of Foreign and Internal Affairs, the Carabinieri, Bank Bper, the A2a group and the Ministry of Defense were affected. Among the targeted domains would be those of the ID card portal, that of the Ministry of Agriculture and that of the Tim group. Italian investigative sources confirmed the attack even if, they underlined, the protection systems of the companies and institutions managed to mitigate the consequences of the action to the point that most countries can still be reached.

"Today we will continue our fascinating journey through Russophobic Italy," said the group, which claimed responsibility for the attack on its Telegram profiles. Attack that was expressly related to the visit of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to Kiev. "Italy will provide Ukraine with a sixth package of military aid, which will include three types of air defense systems, including SAMP-T anti-tank systems," the hackers wrote.
While the authorities said that they are following the event.

"We are analyzing the attack, following the events," said sources at the National Cyber ​​Security Agency. "ACN is dealing with what is happening - they added. Many services were immediately restored. An alert was issued" and the security system "generally responded very well". From a technical point of view, they added, it was a "direct attack on applications, so more complex. About ten public and private entities" were affected.


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