Italy's social security website hit by hacker attack

guest · Apr 1, 2020

Italy's social security website hit by hacker attack
April 1, 2020
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-h...ty-website-hit-by-hacker-attack-idUKKBN21J5UV

Computer hackers have attacked Italy’s social security website, forcing it to shut down on Wednesday just as people were starting to apply for coronavirus benefits, the head of the welfare agency said.

Pasquale Tridico said his INPS agency had received some 339,000 applications for the 600 euro ($655) so far, but that hackers had compromised access to the site.

“In the last few days we have suffered several hacker attacks that produced a major breakdown,” Tridico told state broadcaster RAI. “They continued today and we had to close the website.”
Tridico said he had told the police of the cyberattack, which has raised doubts about the security of Italy’s digital infrastructure as it struggles with the coronavirus emergency. He did not mention a data breach.
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Sampei Nihira · Apr 1, 2020

The technical analysis of computer scientists does not seem to support the statements made:

https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/cron...matici-escludono-lattacco-hacker-1848811.html

My daughter, who works in a commercial studio, who then assists her clients in forwarding these questions this morning, was unable to work..
I myself have checked the difficulty of accessing INPS from 08:00.
The INPS mobile app was also not usable.

guest · Apr 3, 2020

INPS hack: Italy’s social security website back online following cyber-attack claims
INPS has been distributing emergency funds to those hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic
April 2, 2020 (Updated: April 3, 2020)
https://portswigger.net/daily-swig/...ite-back-online-following-cyber-attack-claims

The website of INPS, the Italian department of social security and welfare, appears to be operational again after an apparent cyber-attack forced it offline yesterday (April 1).

A tweet yesterday from the official profile of the Ministry of Labor and Social Policies – which oversees the INPS – said the institution’s website had been temporarily suspended due to “hacker attacks”.
Leaky webform
In a tweet posted yesterday (April 1), the INPS (Istituto nazionale della previdenza sociale) indicated that the website had been overwhelmed with traffic.
This announcement came as a security engineer took to Twitter with unconfirmed reports that the INPS website had also been leaking the personal information of Italian citizens.

Asked how many citizens’ personal data could have been exposed by the bug, he said “anyone who had visit[ed] the website during 9AM and 11AM (local time) had the visibility on those data, but I think that the leak has involved few tens of people (I saw randomly four profile[s]).”
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A post published on the INPS website yesterday indicated that online services would be available again to consultants and intermediaries between 8am and 4pm and other citizens from 4pm today (April 2).
Earlier today, Labour Minister Nunzia Catalfo said the website has received more than half a million applications for the €600 benefit and was “holding up well”, according to the Italian news agency ANSA.

As of this morning, the INPS site appears to be back online with a new coronavirus web portal.
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