BBS:      TELESC.NET.BR
Assunto:  Winter Olympics targeted by cyberattack
De:       Mike Powell
Data:     Fri, 6 Feb 2026 12:56:04 -0500
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Winter Olympics hit by suspected 'Russian origin' cyberattack - as one of
Europe's largest universities also reports major cybersecurity incident

By Mike Moore published 8 hours ago

Milano Cortina Winter Olympics targeted by cyberattack

    Cyberattack targeting Winter Olympics reportedly blocked
    Italy says the attack was "of Russian origin"
    La Sapienza University in Rome also hit by an attack

The Italian government has claimed a series of cyberattacks of "Russian origin"
have been blocked from targeting the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina.

Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said the attack hit facilities connected to the
2026 Winter Games, including hotels in the Alpine resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo
where atheltes were staying.  The wide-ranging attack reportedly hit around 120
targets, including foreign ministry offices in the US, as well as consulates in
Sydney, Toronto and Paris, and La Sapienza university in Rome was also hit in a
seemingly separate attack also attributed to Russian-linked hackers.

"Series of cyberattacks"

"We prevented a series of cyberattacks against foreign ministry sites, starting
with Washington, and also involving some Winter Olympics sites, including
hotels in Cortina," Tajani noted, adding that no significant disruption was
caused.

Pro-Russian hacker group NoName057(16) claimed responsibility, describing the
campaign as retaliation for Italy's support for Ukraine.

"The Italian government's pro-Ukrainian policy means that support for
Ukrainian terrorists is punished with our DDoS attacks," the group said on
Telegram.

Russia is currently banned from competing at the Summer and Winter Olympics
following its invasion of Ukraine, although some Russian-born athletes have
been cleared to compete as neutral representatives, with no flags.

La Sapienza is one of the largest universities in Europe, with around 120,000
students. Following the suspected attack, it took down its website and other
related computer systems, and is now trying to restore access using unaffected
backups.

In a recent post and in stories on Instagram, the university said it took down
its systems out of precaution for what was apparently a ransomware attack.
"As a precautionary measure, and in order to ensure the integrity and
security of data, an immediate shutdown of network systems has been ordered,"
the organization said.

It added an investigation is taking place, and some communication channels such
as email and workstations are "partially limited", with temporary
"infopoints" set up for students to provide information accessible through
digital systems and databases that are currently unavailable.

Via AP and BleepingComputer


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-origin-cyberattack-as-one-of-europes-largest-universities-also-reports-major-c
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