Rome—Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni issued a warning about the increase in threats against civilian infrastructure in Europe, following a week marked by cyberattacks on strategic facilities, disruptions to refrigeration systems, and false bomb threats against commercial flights.
"Today, what is under attack is civilian
infrastructure," Meloni told reporters during an event in Verona,
referring to a series of incidents that have generated concern among European
authorities.
The Prime Minister stated that there is still insufficient
evidence to determine if all the incidents are connected, but she believes they
reflect a new dimension of the risks to the security of European countries.
Among the events, she mentioned cyberattacks against
refrigeration systems in French supermarkets and the facilities of the
country's blood service, where hackers attempted to alter the storage
temperatures of products intended for transfusions.
He also referred to the false bomb threats that have forced
the diversion of commercial flights, the activation of emergency protocols, and
the deployment of military aircraft to escort planes at various points across
the continent.
The incidents have not been limited to air transport. There
have also been attacks against commercial establishments and threats directed
at European media outlets.
The central concern is that essential services could become
targets of operations designed to cause disruptions, economic losses, public
fear, and institutional destabilization, without the need for conventional
military confrontation.