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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   
      
      
   https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/winter-olympics-hit-by-suspected-russian   
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