Italy probes alleged sale of data hacked from government databases
Allegations surfaced in Italy that information obtained by hacking government and security databases had been sold to wealthy clients and used to compile illegal dossiers on individuals. It was alleged that about 800,000 citizens had been affected, and dozens of people came under investigation.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Alleged compromise of information on about 800,000 citizens
- Cause / method
- Alleged acquisition and sale of information by hacking government and security databases
- Location
- Italy
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Timeline
- Italian prosecutors alleged that information hacked from security databases had been sold to wealthy clients.
- Dozens of people came under investigation, and it was alleged that about 800,000 citizens had been affected.
- Leaked documents raised allegations that the Vatican and Israel were involved in the case.
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