Italy
ITA
Palermo municipal ransomware attack disables citizen and traffic-control services
A cyberattack against Palermo's municipal data center in early June 2022 disabled access to municipal IT services, citizen-facing websites and systems supporting traffic enforcement and municipal policing. The city's own 2022 reporting dates the broad IT shutdown to June 2 but another official section dates the traffic-monitoring outage to June 1. Vice Society claimed responsibility, and independent investigators confirmed ransomware-related disruption and stolen documents.
87
Estimated severity
87 / 100
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Source reliability
82 / 100
Approximate Date
2022-06-02
Targeted Company
COMUNE DI PALERMO
Targeted Company Supply Chain Impact
Distribution & Fulfillment
Procurement & Sourcing
Production & Manufacturing
Sales (Retail & Ecommerce)
Warehousing
Service Delivery
Unrecognized Impact
Supply Chain Relations
No information
Geographic Impact
Country Targeted Company
Other Affected Countries
No other affected countries reported
Target country
Italy
Affected countries
Italy
Impacted regions
Sicily · Italy
Operational Impact
Duration
No information
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
Operational disruptionService unavailability
Affected sectors
Government & Public Administration
Affected departments
Facilities & Physical OperationsInformation Technology
Attack Profile
Attack types
Data exfiltrationRansomware
Attributed threat actors
VICE SOCIETY
Sources
Incident Sources
repository.comune.palermo.ithttps://repository.comune.palermo.it/bilancio-sociale.php?anno=2022&cap=2730&id=2728&lev=2repository.comune.palermo.ithttps://repository.comune.palermo.it/bilancio-sociale.php?anno=2022&indice=2cert.europa.euhttps://cert.europa.eu/publications/threat-intelligence/cb22-07/palermo.repubblica.ithttps://palermo.repubblica.it/cronaca/2022/06/09/news/attacco_hacker_al_comune_di_palermo_riscatto_entro_tre_giorni_o_pubblicheremo_i_dati-353159494/