Overview
- Rome prosecutors closed an exploratory file on the Ecm tool with findings of no penal relevance and no evidence of systemic vulnerability.
- Media reports describe Ecm as a Microsoft remote‑management product installed from 2019 on roughly 40,000 computers across justice offices.
- The TV program Report alleges administrators could enable remote access without magistrates being aware, despite ministry defaults disabling control.
- Former justice minister Alfonso Bonafede says he was never informed about Ecm and states he would have sought clarifications if concerns had surfaced.
- Several CSM councillors have formally sought an urgent review of security measures, and Report’s Sigfrido Ranucci says he will publish content from a May 2024 meeting on installation directives.