MILAN (ITALPRESS) – Hackers attacks and cyber threats are a challenge of transition and an epochal change to face which all institutions must define a unitary action strategy. It is the warning launched by the Minister of Defense, Guido Crosetto, in an interview with Corriere della Sera, in which he invites government, Parliament, judiciary, bureaucracy, unions, enterprises and universities to overcome the oppositions and to face common to protect the rights, production and security of the country.
Illustrating the severity of the hybrid war, the Defence holder detects how individual actors thousands of miles away can compromise critical infrastructures, such as hospital electrical systems or blood storage refrigerators, while certain states have even more sophisticated tools. Crosetto also drew attention to the “cognitive warfare” and thefts of health data destined to be decrypted in the future through quantum computers.
According to the minister, state actors such as Russia, China and Iran conduct cyber operations aimed at weakening democracy and Europe, exploiting digital platforms to spread dissatisfaction and undermine democratic values. To respond to the cyber offensive, Defense requested the establishment of a real cyber weapon and reiterated the need to intercept and block threats before they hit.
At the same time, Crosetto urges greater responsibility for the major technological platforms such as Meta and TikTok, calling for the introduction of youth protection filters against subliminal profiling and messages. In citing cyberattacks addressed to Minister Tajani by pro-Russian hackers for his positions on Ukraine, the owner of Defence noted the need not to remain unarmed in the face of a daily interference destined to continue even in view of the forthcoming electoral deadlines.
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