A
hacker attack
on various Italian institutional portals has been underway since 10 pm last night.
The news is confirmed by the same Postal Police who are working to protect the sites.
The
Russian collective Killnet claimed responsibility for the
cyber offensive , which - according to what it writes on Telegram - would have targeted the sites of the Superior Council of the Judiciary, the Customs Agency and the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Education and Goods Cultural.
The
Killnet collective
launched the Ddos attack by indicating a long list of targets on its Telegram channels, about fifty in all, including
ministries, companies, guarantee authorities, media, judicial bodies
.
"Fire at all" wrote the hackers who in a previous message had given instructions "to liquidate the Italian information structure", asking for an attack for 48 hours and not to hit the health system.