Overview
- Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said security teams anticipated and neutralized attempts against overseas Foreign Ministry sites and Olympic‑linked websites in the days before the opening.
- The pro‑Russian collective Noname057(16) claimed responsibility, citing retaliation for Italy’s continued military support to Ukraine.
- Reported targets included Cortina hotels such as Hotel de la Poste, Victoria, Ambra and Franceschi Park, along with Italian diplomatic sites in Washington, Paris, London, Sydney and Toronto.
- Officials described the incidents as DDoS operations that caused temporary outages without confirmed data theft, crediting 24/7 defenses involving the Technology Operations Centre, Polizia Postale, CNAIPIC, the national cyber agency and private partners.
- Russia formally rejected the allegations and mocked them online, while on opening day CNAIPIC flagged possible DDoS threats to leonardo.com and the Games’ official site, which remained reachable.