Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani says cybercriminals have spread his personal data on the dark web and are paying for more on him and his family
- Attribution to pro-Russian actors in press and political statements has not been backed by published technical evidence.
- For security teams protecting executives and officials: doxxing plus a bounty for more data usually means a wave of targeted phishing, SIM-swap attempts and social engineering against family members and staff. Lock down carrier accounts with port-out PINs, review data-broker exposure, and brief assistants and relatives.
Sources: Antonio Tajani on X (Nov 7, Italian)