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Hackers target Italian parliament email accounts, including Meloni’s
Hackers targeted email accounts at Italy’s Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of parliament.
The accounts included one assigned to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in her role as a member of parliament.
The accounts affected are not fully clear: one account says three addresses were breached overnight, while another describes a wider attack involving many lawmakers’ mailboxes.
Meloni does not use her parliamentary account for government business; her prime ministerial email is protected separately by the government office.
The Chamber says its systems held up and that it has put protective measures in place with Italy’s National Cybersecurity Agency.
Those measures can include temporarily disabling some system functions.
Investigators are checking what happened, amid reports of similar attacks and pressure on other national, European and international institutions.
Hackers breached three email accounts linked to Italian lawmakers, including Giorgia Meloni’s parliamentary account.
The other two accounts belonged to Andrea Delmastro of Brothers of Italy and Paolo Formentini of the League.
Meloni does not use her parliamentary email account for government communications, according to the reports.
The Chamber of Deputies said its systems held and that checks were under way.
Officials said protective measures were in place, including cooperation with Italy’s National Cybersecurity Agency.
- Who
- The affected accounts belonged to Giorgia Meloni, Andrea Delmastro and Paolo Formentini.
- What
- Hackers breached three email accounts linked to lawmakers. The Chamber said its systems held and checks were under way.
- When
- The breaches happened overnight before October 27, 2026.
- Where
- The systems of Italy’s Chamber of Deputies.
- Why
- Not stated. A possible link to hybrid warfare was described as a suspicion circulating among members of the governing majority.
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Three email addresses linked to lawmakers were breached.
The Chamber said its systems had held and that checks were under way.
- Breached accounts
- 3
- Account holder
- Giorgia Meloni, in her capacity as a member of parliament
- Other account holders
- Andrea Delmastro and Paolo Formentini
- Date reported
- October 27, 2026
- Cybersecurity partner
- Italy’s National Cybersecurity Agency
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All protective measures have been put in place, also in collaboration with the National Cybersecurity Agency, with which a specific protocol is active.
All protective measures have been put in place, also in collaboration with the Cybersecurity Agency, with which a specific protocol is active.