Overview
- The Farnesina reported the website was hit by a distributed denial‑of‑service attack that its protection systems mitigated and that did not cause service outages, the ministry said Thursday.
- National bodies including the Polizia Postale, the national cybercrime centre, the national cybersecurity agency and the CSIRT operational room have opened forensic checks and are reviewing Italian diplomatic and consular sites for similar attempts.
- Multiple news outlets reported that the pro‑Russian hacker group NoName057(16) is the likely author of the DDoS, a claim that officials describe as preliminary and that remains under investigation.
- Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said recent Farnesina reforms strengthened prevention, monitoring and response capabilities and highlighted the role of the ministry’s CSIRT in stopping the attack.
- Italy plans to work with Romania and other EU partners to seek formal designation of actors it believes responsible, a step that could lead to coordinated European measures and closer protection of diplomatic infrastructure.