UniSapienza suffered a cyberattack
In recent reports, Università #LaSapienza di Roma disclosed a significant cyberattack on its IT systems, which disrupted multiple digital services and blocked access to key platforms for students, faculty and staff.
Authorities, including the university’s IT security teams and national cybersecurity agencies, are actively investigating and working to restore systems while assessing the full impact.
In 2011 a major coordinated attack hit 18 Italian universities, including Sapienza, where hackers stole personal data such as passwords and email addresses from academic databases.
This was attributed to a group claiming affiliation with #Anonymous.
Although not Sapienza, Università #RomaTre suffered a significant ransomware/IT disruption in May 2025, with systems and web services taken offline and requiring intervention from the Italian Agenzia per la Cybersicurezza Nazionale and police to restore operations.
