Italy: cyber attacks number by method 2021

Malware attacks represented the most diffused type of cyber attack in Italy from 2018 to 2021, with a total number of 850 attacks at the end of the given period. The Italian authority reported close to 200 cases of phishing and 76 thousand cases of identity theft. The total number of cases reported was higher than in the previous year.

Number of cyber attacks reported to the Italian CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team) from 2018 to 2021, by attack method

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Release date

March 2022

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Region

Italy

Survey time period

2018 to 2021

Supplementary notes

The Italian authority CERT Nazionale operates mainly as a "facilitator" for the solution of cyber incidents at national and transnational level and receives daily reports of incidents related to Italian networks. The reports come from a variety of subjects, from security researchers to international CERTs, from CERTs or SOCs of Italian or foreign companies, to ordinary citizens or private subjects.

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