Nicola Zingaretti, the president of the Lazio
SLOTXO region, said on Saturday night there was a ransomware attack. (local time) resulting in the state network system is unavailable, including the website for registration of COVID-19 vaccinations that are still not working until today. Officials expect the site to be back up and running.
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In addition, Cingaretti added that a ransom was demanded from the hackers. But none of the groups came out to claim responsibility. Officials are investigating the person behind the attack and the source of the attack.
and confirm that the personal information of the people is still safe The attack was considered the deadliest in history.
A source within the Lazio government reported to Bleeping Computer that the attacker was a group called RansomEXX because the ransom letter sent by the hackers contained a link to a website on the Tor network, reportedly RansomEXX. take action
RansomEXX often uses stolen data or system vulnerabilities to penetrate victims' networks. It then sends ransom malware to block the use of devices while stealing other data.
In addition, cyber researcher JAMESWT provides additional information that the type of ransomware used by RansomEXX to attack is Lockbit 2.0.
Lazio is the most populous region. and is the location of Rome capital of the country
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