Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2022-06-03 00:00:00
Affected organization: City of Palermo
Affected country: Italy
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Service
Motive: Financial
Actor: Vice Society
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: The City of Palermo in Southern Italy suffers a ransomware attack, which has a massive impact on a broad range of operations and services to both citizens and visiting tourists. The city is forced to shut down all the systems.