Cybersecurity teams have discovered in recent days that Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani’s personal data was published on the dark web. The information appeared in an area of the dark web accessible through the Tor network, a system that provides a high degree of anonymity and is also used for illegal activities, including trafficking in drugs, weapons and personal data.
The Minister linked these threats to Italy’s stance in support of Ukraine and recalled the initiatives launched at the Foreign Ministry to strengthen cybersecurity, including the establishment on 1 January this year of a new Cyber Directorate to protect the Ministry against cyber intrusions.
In view of the growing level of hybrid threats against Italy and several other European countries, the Minister has asked the current G7 Presidency to place the issue on the agenda of the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting to be held in Paris on 9 and 10 November.
Minister Tajani finally expressed his solidarity with Rome’s Chief Prosecutor Francesco Lo Voi, Postal Police Director Ivano Gabrielli and Mayor Paolo Tassan-Zanin, who received the same threats.
