Italian officials are investigating whether a disruption to the countrys social security website was due to a hacking incident or a network overwhelmed by demand for benefits offered during the COVID-19 pandemic. The incident happened as more than 339,000 Italian citizens began applying Wednesday for benefits from the government to help them deal with the aftermath of the crisis. The Italian Data Protection Authority, the country’s privacy watchdog, announced Thursday that it has launched an investigation into this incident to determine whether citizens’ personal data was exposed or if privacy rights were violated.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/italian-social-security-website-disrupted-a-14054