In relation to the case of the Ministry of Ecological Transition site, for two days inaccessible and practically disappeared from the Netthe dicastery of Roberto Cingolani has finally lowered the wall of silence behind which he had entrenched himself for almost 48 hours, explaining that “on 1 April the technical staff of the MITE detected the presence of malfunctions on their computer systems, which at a first analysis have immediately highlighted the profiles of a cyber attack the nature of which is being investigated “.
The hypothesis
Il Mite deleted from the web: what happens to the Ministry of Ecological Transition?
by Bruno Ruffilli
The comment, entrusted to a note, goes on confirming (as already anticipated by Italian Tech)that “the dicastery, as a precaution, has taken steps to interrupt the activities of the IT systems, despite the regular functionality of the services not being compromised” and that “investigations are also underway in relation to possible data leakagewith respect to which, at present, no evidence emerges “.
According to what was explained, the National Cybersecurity Agency, “in close collaboration with the Postal Police, which follows the investigative aspects relating to the ongoing investigation, immediately started the analysis activities, which are still in progress, and is providing support to the dicastery for the realization of the technical arrangements aimed at gradual reopening of services in safety. This activity may take a few days, precisely because of the complexity of the attack “.
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According to Minister Cingolani“this attack once again confirms the importance and urgency of having IT structures in the Public Administration that comply with state-of-the-art cybersecurity principles”, while for Roberto Baldoni, director general of ACN“the event still draws attention to the extreme vulnerability of the digital systems of the PA, to remedy which a virtuous recovery path is essential that sees the Cybersecurity agency at the forefront, but also all the other subjects each title involved.This is a long and gradual process which passes through technical, organizational measures, investments also in terms of personnel recruitment, training and awareness “.