On Sunday morning, Italy’s Lazio region suffered a ransomware attack, disabling its IT systems and disrupting the COVID-19 vaccination registration portal. The attackers reportedly encrypted every file in the portal’s data centre and shut down its IT network.
President of the Lazio region, Nicola Zingaretti issued a statement, in which she said: “On the night between Saturday and Sunday the Regione Lazio suffered a first cyber attack of criminal matrix. We don’t know who is responsible and their goals.” Fortunately, health, financial and budget data have not been stolen.
