{"id":50430,"date":"2023-02-06T16:21:57","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T16:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packetstormsecurity.com\/news\/view\/34287\/No-Evidence-Global-Ransomware-Hack-Was-By-State-Entity-Italy-Says.html"},"modified":"2023-02-06T16:21:57","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T16:21:57","slug":"no-evidence-global-ransomware-hack-was-by-state-entity-italy-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/no-evidence-global-ransomware-hack-was-by-state-entity-italy-says\/","title":{"rendered":"No Evidence Global Ransomware Hack Was By State Entity, Italy Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/resizer\/nnukeQlnxzOWqHSqVaNglFjVg0Q=\/1200x628\/smart\/filters:quality(80)\/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com\/reuters\/6XKRMVP7LJJ35DG5LAPFWR5BMM.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-0\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\">ROME\/LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) &#8211; Global ransomware activity that targeted thousands of computer servers in Italy and other countries was probably the handiwork of criminal hackers and not a state or state-like entity, the Italian government said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-1\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\">Italy&#8217;s National Cybersecurity Agency (ACN) said on Sunday that hackers had <a data-testid=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/italy-sounds-alarm-large-scale-computer-hacking-attack-2023-02-05\/\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__medium__1kbOh text__large__nEccO link__underline_default__2prE_\">targeted<\/a> thousands of computer servers around the world running on VMware &#8220;ESXi&#8221; software.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-2\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\">&#8220;No evidence has emerged pointing to aggression by a state or hostile state-like entity&#8221;, an Italian government statement said, adding that no major Italian institution or company operating in critical national security sectors had been affected.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-3\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\">The hack was identified on Feb. 3 and reached its peak on Sunday, said the statement, which added that the hackers were taking advantage of a software exploit first identified two years earlier, in February 2021.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-4\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\">&#8220;Some of the recipients of that advice took the warning into due consideration, others did not and unfortunately are now paying the consequences,&#8221; the statement added.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-5\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\">VMware&#8217;s &#8220;ESXi&#8221; is a kind of hypervisor &#8211; software which runs virtual computers. 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