Bologna under cyber attack, release statement

Serie A side Bologna have been at the centre of a cyber attack today and the club have released a statement about it.

It was reported earlier today that hackers have targeted the Rossoblu, stealing 200 gigabytes of data and demanding money not to share it. 

The stolen data also included a scan of coach Vincenzo Italiano’s passport, business plans, sponsorship contracts, financial, personal and confidential data of players, as well as fans and employees, as well as market strategies and medical data.

The delicate information is something Bologna didn’t leak and the club have confirmed in a statement that they were under cyber attack, as relayed by Gazzetta.

“Bologna Football Club 1909 announces that its security systems have recently been the subject of a ransomware-type cyber attack, on a cloud server and in the internal perimeter.

“This criminal action has led to the theft of company data that could be published. Anyone who comes into possession of such data is therefore warned not to disseminate, share or make any other use of such data as it comes from a crime.”

The incident has been reported by the Rossoblu to private authorities, with the stolen data already having been published online in the last few hours and that includes Italiano’s IBAN details. How the situation evolves remains to be seen.

Kaustubh Pandey I GIFN