{"id":207291,"date":"2026-01-28T06:37:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T11:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/28\/inside-italys-cyber-command-as-it-braces-for-ai-driven-threats-to-the-winter-games\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T06:55:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T11:55:07","slug":"inside-italys-cyber-command-as-it-braces-for-ai-driven-threats-to-the-winter-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/28\/inside-italys-cyber-command-as-it-braces-for-ai-driven-threats-to-the-winter-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Italy&#8217;s cyber command as it braces for AI-driven threats to the Winter Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/sports\/inside-italys-cyber-command-it-braces-ai-driven-threats-winter-games-2026-01-28\/\">Inside Italy&#8217;s cyber command as it braces for AI-driven threats to the Winter Games<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/sports\/inside-italys-cyber-command-it-braces-ai-driven-threats-winter-games-2026-01-28\/\">https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/sports\/inside-italys-cyber-command-it-braces-ai-driven-threats-winter-games-2026-01-28\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-01-28 06:37:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.reuters.com\">www.reuters.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Item 1 of 5 Rear Admiral Gianluca Galasso, Head of Operations and Crisis Management of the Italian National Cybersecurity Agency (ACN) gestures during an interview with Reuters, in Rome, Italy, January 27, 2026. REUTERS\/Remo Casilli<\/p>\n<p>[1\/5]<span>Rear Admiral Gianluca Galasso, Head of Operations and Crisis Management of the Italian National Cybersecurity Agency (ACN) gestures during an interview with Reuters, in Rome, Italy, January 27, 2026. REUTERS\/Remo Casilli Purchase Licensing<span><span class=\"link-module__suffix__ObiNY\"> Rights<\/span><span style=\"border:0;clip:rect(0 0 0 0);clip-path:inset(50%);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap\">, opens new tab<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul data-testid=\"Summary\" class=\"summary-module__summary__QjADA\">\n<li data-testid=\"Body\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__base__o--Cl body-module__small_body__gOmDf summary-module__point__UgXPz\">Italy&#8217;s ACN prepares for AI-driven cyber threats at Winter Games<\/li>\n<li data-testid=\"Body\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__base__o--Cl body-module__small_body__gOmDf summary-module__point__UgXPz\">ACN expects threats from petty criminals to state-linked groups<\/li>\n<li data-testid=\"Body\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__base__o--Cl body-module__small_body__gOmDf summary-module__point__UgXPz\">Focus on early detection and real-time intelligence sharing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>ROME, Jan 28 (Reuters) &#8211; Inside a modern government building facing the third\u2011century Aurelian walls in Rome, dozens of specialists have spent the past year monitoring criminal chatter on the dark web as part of Italy&#8217;s push to shield the Winter Olympics from cyberattacks.<\/p>\n<p>The National Cybersecurity Agency (ACN), created in 2021, sees next month&#8217;s Milano Cortina Games as its first real test. With the Olympics drawing global attention, officials say the event is a magnet for threat actors ranging from petty cybercriminals to sophisticated, state\u2011linked groups.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"promo-box\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__base__o--Cl body-module__small_body__gOmDf article-body-module__promo-box__hVl8h\"> Sign up  here.<\/p>\n<p>The Winter Games, scheduled for February 6\u201322, will be held for the first time across multiple Alpine regions, adding logistical and security complications to an already complex digital environment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Olympics are a global event. We expect around three billion viewers and another one and a half million spectators with tickets,&#8221; Gianluca Galasso, ACN&#8217;s director of cyber operations and crisis management, told Reuters during a rare tour of the agency&#8217;s operations rooms.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That visibility can attract criminal interests. It becomes a stage where actors can make a point, link an attack to a cause, or tie it to current geopolitical tensions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 data-testid=\"Heading\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__medium__2Rl30 text-module__heading_6__u1KdJ heading-module__base__p-zaD heading-module__heading_6__-zrtS article-body-module__heading__KTJKz\">AI ADDS A FRESH TWIST<\/h2>\n<p>Italy supported French authorities during the 2024 Paris Summer&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/sports\/inside-italys-cyber-command-it-braces-ai-driven-threats-winter-games-2026-01-28\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inside Italy&#8217;s cyber command as it braces for AI-driven threats to the Winter Games https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/sports\/inside-italys-cyber-command-it-braces-ai-driven-threats-winter-games-2026-01-28\/&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":207292,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/resizer\/v2\/HIBTEB7GONLXVGPO6W57RPW42Y.jpg?auth=6e2e6c4c360bed66f2d861dda8d7dad71468052914bd8f640013a79109ce628e&height=1005&width=1920&quality=80&smart=true","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[20,57],"class_list":["post-207291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cybersecurity","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207291"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207291"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":207293,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207291\/revisions\/207293"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}