ROME, Mac 14 (NNN-XINHUA) – Italy encountered a record of more than 1,400 cyberattacks last year, a government cabinet official said, yesterday.
Cabinet Secretary, Alfredo Mantovano, told lawmakers that, the agency he heads investigated 1,411 “significant” cyber-security attacks that had some impact on Italian entities, saying, “That is a significant increase compared to 2022.”
Ransomware attacks – where an entity’s computers are disabled until the owner pays a fee to the person or entity behind the attack – are also on the rise, Mantovano said.
Italy said that, it would prioritise cybersecurity and artificial intelligence regulations, during its presidency of the Group of Seven starting from Jan 1 this year.– NNN-XINHUA
