After investigating a rogue bank employee involved in thousands of illegal accesses to the checking accounts of high-profile customers, including Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and several members of the government, major Italian bank Intesa Sanpaolo has apologized for the incident.
Its CEO, Carlo Messina, has appointed ex-Carabinieri general Antonio De Vita to strengthen the bank’s cybersecurity, the bank said.
Disloyal employee was fired
Italy’s largest financial institution has confirmed the dismissal of the reported disloyal employee. “What happened should not be repeated. We confirm that there was no IT security issue. The commitment of all 100,000 employees of Intesa Sanpaolo is to confirm the level of excellence of our bank,” the report said.
More than 3,500 customers spied on
Last week, the judiciary confiscated the PC, mobile phone and tablet of the disloyal bank employee. The 52-year-old is said to have unlawfully accessed sensitive data between February 2022 and April 2024. The Public Prosecution Service is investigating unauthorized access to the bank accounts of 3,572 customers, including Transport Minister Matteo Salvini and Defense Minister Guido Crosetto.
Among the celebrities whose bank accounts were spied on were automaker Stellantis boss John Elkann, his brother Lapo, as well as Marina and Piersilvio Berlusconi, children of the late Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, and his partner Marta Fascina. 34 prominent politicians were spied on, including former Prime Ministers Enrico Letta, Matteo Renzi, Massimo D’Alema, Giuliano Amato and Mario Draghi.
The 24-year-old is said to have hacked the Ministry of Justice in Rome
The topic of IT system security is currently causing discussions in Italy. Last week, police arrested a 24-year-old Italian suspected of hacking into the Ministry of Justice in Rome. The suspected hacker allegedly repeatedly penetrated the Justice Department’s computer system and had the ability to block it, police said. The suspected hacker, an IT employee, is also said to have managed to obtain research files that are subject to judicial secrecy.
Source: Krone

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