Milan Prosecutors Probe Justice Ministry Technician Over Alleged Remote Access to Judges’ PCs

Overview

• The Milan prosecutor’s office opened a case for unauthorized access after a ministry complaint filed on January 24 transmitted internal correspondence on the ECM tool.
• Investigators named a ministry technician who showed Report and, with consent, judge Aldo Tirone how a workstation could be controlled remotely.
• The inquiry is led by chief prosecutor Marcello Viola with prosecutors Francesca Celle and Enrico Pavone, with national anti-mafia prosecutor Gianni Melillo assigning Eugenio Albamonte.
• The Justice Ministry’s DGSIA reiterates that ECM does not allow unauthorized silent access and disputes the demonstration without disclosure of the specific technical methods.
• Turin court IT staff previously removed the ECM agent from tribunal terminals as a precaution, as separate reporting highlights 2024–2025 exchanges between Turin prosecutors and the ministry, including an October 23, 2025 letter cited by il Giornale.