Italy blames pro-Russian hackers for Tajani data leak

Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani said hackers tried to sell information about him and his family after posting his personal data on the dark web. In a statement carried by ANSA, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni blamed pro-Russian hackers for the leak, calling the sale of officials’ data a serious concern. Tajani, writing on X, said the hackers had been circulating his data for days and offered to pay for additional details about him and his family, adding that Italy’s support for Ukraine was the reason he was targeted. Neither the Italian government nor Tajani named a group, but Il Fatto Quotidiano reported the data was posted by NoName057(16), a pro-Russian group known for flooding websites to knock them offline; TNW said it could not confirm that. Other officials reportedly targeted include Rome’s chief prosecutor Francesco Lo Voi and Ivano Gabrielli, head of Italy’s cyber police. Prosecutors in Rome are investigating. Tajani plans to push hybrid cyberattacks at a G7 meeting in Paris on Monday, according to Bloomberg.