Numerous institutions in Italy exposed to extensive cyberattack

In the news that the Italian agency ANSA based on the National Security Agency (ACN), it was claimed that a wide-ranging attack was carried out against Italian institutions through an existing malicious ransomware, and many national systems were in danger. .

It was noted that ACN technicians examined some national systems that had been compromised and warned some institutions that they were vulnerable but not yet in danger.

In the news, it was reported that countries like Finland, USA, and Canada, especially France, were also affected by the cyber attack and many servers were breached.

It was claimed that the software in question was in the form of apparently innocuous bill and IOU payment, usually coming from corporate email addresses and prompting users to open it, and that the computers or smartphones of those who opened it were accessed. archive.

It was also reflected in the press that the accounts of many users were blocked. (AA)