Cyberattack targeted Italy’s Uffizi but nothing stolen, museum says

April 3, 2026 4:49 PM

Cyberattack targeted Italy’s Uffizi but nothing stolen, museum says

Florence's Uffizi Galleries said on Friday they had been hit by a cyberattack earlier this year, but denied a newspaper report that the incident caused a major security breach or theft of data. The statement came after Corriere della Sera daily reported that the attack had emptied the Uffizi's servers and prompted the emergency transfer of valuable jewels to the Bank of Italy. The Uffizi said it had been targeted by a cyberattack on February 1, but added that nothing had been stolen and no inf...

Greek airspace blackout linked to old systems, not cyberattack, report says

January 14, 2026 6:26 PM

Greek airspace blackout linked to old systems, not cyberattack, report says

An eight-hour radio outage at Greek airports last week that forced authorities to clear the airspace was partly due to outdated communications systems, investigators said, as the issue showed infrastructure gaps in a key tourist destination. The report on Wednesday by the investigatory panel, commissioned by the government, prompted the resignation of one high-ranking official. Flights were suspended into and over Greece on January 4 when air traffic controllers lost contact with most planes, ...

Poland says cyberattacks on critical infrastructure rising, blames Russia

October 10, 2025 8:47 PM

Poland says cyberattacks on critical infrastructure rising, blames Russia

Poland's critical infrastructure has been subject to a growing number of cyberattacks by Russia, whose military intelligence, has trebled its resources for such action against Poland this year, the country's digital affairs minister told Reuters. Of the 170,000 cyber incidents that have been identified in the first three quarters of this year, a significant portion has been attributed to Russian actors, while other cases are financially motivated, involving theft or other forms of cybercrime, K...

Germany accuses China of conducting 2021 cyberattack on cartography agency

July 31, 2024 5:30 PM

Germany accuses China of conducting 2021 cyberattack on cartography agency

Germany accused China on Wednesday of having been behind a 2021 cyberattack on the federal cartography agency for espionage purposes and summoned Beijing's ambaassador to Berlin to lodge a complaint. China's foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment. "We call on China to refrain from, and to prevent, such cyberattacks," Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said in a statement, adding that the incident had shown just how big a threat such attacks now posed. The German gov...