Agenzia per la Cybersicurezza Nazionale
Italian government body for cyber-security
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| February 2025 | Continued cyberattacks targeted the ports of Genoa, Savona, Ravenna, and Civitavecchia, along with websites of major Italian companies including Leonardo, Banca d'Italia, Transport Authority, Edison, Fininvest, and Parmalat. |
| February 18 2025 | NoName057(16) attacked the websites of the Ministry for Business and Made in Italy and the Guardia di Finanza, continuing their series of cyber attacks. |
| February 17 2025 | The pro-Russian hacker group Noname057(16) launched DDoS attacks against Italian transport companies and banks, targeting airports (Linate and Malpensa), the Transport Authority, and ports of Taranto and Trieste, based on a misinterpreted statement by the President of the Italian Republic. |
| June 19 2023 | The agency submitted its 2022 annual report to the Italian parliament, revealing 1,094 cyber attacks during the year, a significant increase attributed to the conflict in Ukraine. |
| May 13 2023 | During Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's visit to Rome, the pro-Russian group Noname057(16) claimed a cyberattack on the Viminale and CSM websites, which was effectively mitigated with no significant disruptions. |
| March 27 2023 | A cyberattack was launched against websites of Italian ministers and the postal police, which was largely unsuccessful, with only Atac (Rome's municipal transport company) experiencing temporary slowdowns. |
| March 19 2023 | The pro-Russian group NoName057(16) attacked Italian institutional websites, specifically targeting the CSM website and directly addressing the new agency director Bruno Frattasi and Rome's chief prosecutor Francesco Lo Voi. |
| March 9 2023 | Bruno Frattasi was appointed as the new director of the agency, replacing Roberto Baldoni. |
| March 7 2023 | Roberto Baldoni resigned as director of the agency due to differences with the Italian government, following cyber-attacks against Italy. |
| February 22 2023 | The agency issued an alert against a cyberattack perpetrated by the pro-Russian group NoName057(16). |
| February 5 2023 | A massive global cyberattack occurred, affecting a large part of the TIM network due to a vulnerability on VMware ESXi servers, causing millions of euros in damage and impacting thousands of servers. |
| June 14 2021 | The Agenzia per la Cybersicurezza Nazionale (ACN) was officially established by Decree 82, creating Italy's national cybersecurity agency to protect national security in cyberspace and coordinate public entities involved in cybersecurity. |
| August 8 2019 | Presidential Decree of the Council of Ministers further articulated the specific operational functions of CSIRT in Article 4, providing detailed guidelines for the national cybersecurity incident response team. |
| May 18 2018 | Legislative Decree n. 65 established the foundational legal framework defining the functions of the Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) in Italy. |
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