LockBit ransomware at Westpole interrupts Italian municipal and public-administration cloud services

A ransomware attack against Italian cloud provider Westpole on 8 December 2023 disrupted hosted infrastructure serving PA Digitale and its public-administration software customers. Public institutions reported inaccessible digital administration and electronic-invoicing services. Italy's national cybersecurity agency subsequently coordinated recovery for hundreds of affected public entities and attributed the attack to LockBit; it reported that a feared widespread December payroll failure had been averted.