cybersecurity
This september Operational Summary by Agenzia per la Cybersicurezza Nazionale presents monthly figures and indicators from the operational activities of the National Cybersecurity Agency, providing insights into the state of cyber threats in hashtag#Italy.
👉 In September 2025, a total of 270 events were recorded, marking a 103% increase compared to August, while the number of incidents (55) increased
(+15) compared to the previous month.
👉The sectors with the highest number of recorded victims were: Government Local, Government National and Telecommunications.
👉Among the threats attributable to hacktivism, a new wave of DDoS attacks was recorded, carried out by pro-Russian groups active in the context of the Russia-Ukraine conflict and by pro-Hamas actors, who claimed demonstrative actions against Italian institutional websites in conjunction with the escalation of geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. In total, 124 attacks were claimed, of which only 6% resulted in actually detectable service unavailability, in any case limited to a few minutes of inaccessibility of the affected websites.
👉 The most affected sectors included Public Administration, Transportation, Telecommunications, and drinking water supply. In this context, the defacement of a small municipality’s website was also recorded
PS: several figures appear clearly overlapping with the ENISA Threat Landscape 2025 Highlights
