Italian authorities suspect a widespread cyber-attack caused the massive disruption after approximately 280 to 300 head teachers received bomb threats in cities like Rome, Florence, and Naples. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni assembled senior ministers and intelligence chiefs to evaluate the incident, confirming that subsequent security sweeps discovered no evidence of concrete danger. Government officials believe these false alarms mirror recent destabilization efforts directed against European hospitals, supermarkets, flights, and domestic airports. Similar hoax emails were also investigated by police across Northern Ireland and Scotland, though formal connections remain unconfirmed.
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Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni convened top ministers and intelligence chiefs to evaluate…: Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni convened top ministers and intelligence chiefs to evaluate the coordinated disruption.
Authorities view the hoaxes as part of a broader strategy designed to create panic across…: Authorities view the hoaxes as part of a broader strategy designed to create panic across European public infrastructure.
Similar threatening messages targeted over 300 schools in Northern Ireland alongside seve…: Similar threatening messages targeted over 300 schools in Northern Ireland alongside several institutions in Scotland.
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Some 300 schools across Italy have received bomb threats, according to Education Minister Giuseppe Valditara, who described the incidents as probably a "cyber-attack, not a genuine risk".
Valditara told Italian TV that there was a clear strategy behind the rash of threats in Italy and elsewhere in Europe which had targeted flights, supermarkets and even hospitals.
The emails were sent to schools in Rome, Naples, Vicenza, Florence, Pisa, Trieste and many other Italian cities, and a number of buildings were evacuated as a precaution.
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has called a meeting of top ministers and intelligence chiefs.
Meloni said the government was monitoring closely the "numerous reports of bomb threats at educational institutions" although checks so far had not indicated any evidence of "concrete danger".
"These reports appear rather linked to a strategy intended to cause alarm and concern," she said on Facebook.
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