Hacker attack on Luxottica: company shutdown and production stop

Luxottica, the famous multinational eyewear company, is going through a rather peculiar moment due to a hacking attack on its computer systems. Specifically, two of the multinational company’s Belluno plants (including the historic one in Agordo, where the company was founded in 1961) were the target of such an attack by unknown persons. The blockage…

The hacker attack on Microsoft Exchange

Last week, Microsoft released patches to fix vulnerabilities in Exchange, a popular online business collaboration software, after it was targeted by a group of Chinese cybercriminals who, taking advantage of zero-day vulnerabilities, had hacked numerous email accounts to access the mailboxes of thousands of companies (including in Italy) and steal confidential information. The targeted attacks…