Generali CEO’s Strategic Wishlist Includes €10 Billion Deals March 7, 2024 By Sonia Sirletti , Daniele Lepido and Tommaso Ebhardt Assicurazioni Generali SpA is analyzing a range of potential takeover candidates as part of the insurer’s growth plans, with some...
Ferrari Says Ransomware Attack Exposed Clients’ Names, Email Addresses March 21, 2023 By Daniele Lepido Ferrari NV said it was hit by a ransomware attack that exposed information on the Italian sports car maker’s customers....
Italian Oil Giant Eni Hit by Cyber Attack September 1, 2022 By Daniele Lepido and Alberto Brambilla The Italian oil giant Eni SpA said Wednesday that its computer networks were hacked in recent days and that the...
EXOR Agrees to Sell PartnerRe to Covéa for $9B, Reviving Last Year’s Collapsed Deal October 29, 2021 By Daniele Lepido The Agnelli family’s EXOR NV agreed to sell its PartnerRe reinsurance unit to France’s Covéa for $9 billion, reviving a...
Swiss Cyber Security Firm Says It Accessed Servers of a SolarWinds Hacking Group March 23, 2021 By Daniele Lepido A Swiss cyber-security firm says it has accessed servers used by a hacking group tied to the SolarWinds breach, revealing...
Increasingly Popular Industrial Robots Are Vulnerable to Cyber Attacks, Report Warns August 6, 2020 By Daniele Lepido Industrial robots are now being used to assemble everything from airplanes to smartphones, using human-like arms to mechanically repeat the...
Shipbuilder Fincantieri’s Norwegian Unit Hit with Ransomware Attack June 9, 2020 By Daniele Lepido A group of hackers executed a successful attack this week on shipbuilder Fincantieri SpA’s Norwegian unit, an Italy-based representative for...
UniCredit Hackers Try to Sell Employee Data on Cyber-Crime Forums April 21, 2020 By Daniele Lepido and Sonia Sirletti Data on about 3,000 UniCredit SpA employees was put up for sale on cyber-crime forums after a hacking attack. The...
Atlantia CEO Resigns 13 Months After Fatal Genoa Bridge Collapse September 19, 2019 By Tommaso Ebhardt and Daniele Lepido Atlantia SpA Chief Executive Officer Giovanni Castellucci resigned as leader of the Benetton family infrastructure unit, 13 months after a...
Cyber Attack Targets Italian Oil-Services Firm Saipem December 11, 2018 By Chiara Albanese and Daniele Lepido The Italian oil-services company Saipem SpA is still assessing the scope and impact of a cyber attack that targeted its...