(ANSA) – ROME, 08 OCTOBER – “The illegal collection, manipulation, trade and instrumental use of confidential information kept in digital archives have long become tools both of traditional criminal organizations and of the wild forms of competition typical of business and political markets”. This was stated by the national anti-mafia and anti-terrorism prosecutor Giovanni Melillo, interviewed by Corriere della Sera.
“The investigations in this new field of activity of the District Attorney’s Office allow us to begin to recognize the forms and dynamics of this alarming clandestine market, where a widespread demand for illegal services and the offer of confidential information removed from the controls of the law easily meet and democratic life”, claims Melillo.
The magistrate’s alarm also includes what is emerging from the investigation by the Perugia Prosecutor’s Office, where “what objectively appears to be systematic infiltrator activity” is noted.
Melillo then underlines that as regards the National Prosecutor’s Office “even before the facts under investigation emerged, a radical action to secure our information assets had been initiated. But it is necessary to recognize that no institution can still truly be said to be safe from that type of threats, considering the general weak condition of the public administration’s digital infrastructures, including those used for the prevention and detection of crimes”.
Today, states the magistrate, “virtual space has become the fundamental organizational cornerstone of the most dangerous forms of organized crime. Criminal structures and leadership are increasingly selected based on their ability to govern technologies”. And so “the same, traditional idea of mafia contiguity must take into account the ever-increasing weight assumed by experts and companies capable of providing illegal digital services.
This is why consultants and IT engineers are now among the most valuable resources of criminal organizations.”
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