Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2017-02-10 00:00:00
Affected organization: Italian Foreign Ministry
Affected country: Italy
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Political-Espionage
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Russia is suspected by Italian officials of being behind a sustained hacking attack against the Italian foreign ministry last year that compromised email communications and lasted for many months before it was detected.