Italy in cybercrime crosshairs,+65% serious attacks in 2023

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 6 - Italy is increasingly in the crosshairs of cyber criminals, according to figures from the Clusit Annual Report out Wednesday.
    In 2023, serious attacks grew by 65%, while in the rest of the world by 12%; more than half had consequences of critical or high severity.
    Within a multiple war scenario, the report said, attacks with a hacktivism matrix almost tripled globally, and 47% occurred against Italy.
    "Two billion people will be voting in 2024, and with AI comes issues of ethics, information security and an appropriate industrial policy that should focus on investment in technology," said Gabriele Faggioli, president of Clusit, the Italian association for IT security. (ANSA).