Massive Russian cyberattack on Italian civil service

(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 18 - Russian hacker group Lockbit has claimed responsibility for a major ransomware attack that has hit public bodies in Italy using Westpole's services over the last 10 days, sources said on Monday.
    The hackers encrypted databases and made them inaccessible and sent cryptocurrency ransom demands to the provider hosting the services of 1,300 Italian public-administration bodies, the sources said.
    These include payroll and electronic invoicing systems. (ANSA).