Nordio's warning on hackers: 'They are ahead, we must align'

"We are not safe and will not be safe until the law and the available technology have managed to catch up with the technology of crime," says Justice Minister Carlo Nordio. An alarm and an observation: 'Technology is advancing faster than the law and the criminals are always a bit ahead, they have even managed to hack the Kremlin'. The Guardasigilli speaks in the aftermath of the news of the Milan Dda investigation into the theft and sale of thousands of confidential data. This is a new case of dossier-breaking, after the one in Perugia last spring. Therefore, it is becoming decisive to 'align' the legislation also by 'working with fantasy', i.e. 'foreseeing', anticipating the hackers' intentions. Something is moving. New provisions to defend against attacks should arrive within the next month. The undersecretary to the Presidency of the Council, Alfredo Mantovano, is working on this. He has set up a task force in which the Governor of Bankitalia, the National Anti-Mafia Prosecutor, the heads of intelligence, the GdF, and the cybersecurity agency are participating. The controls and traceability of those who intervene will be multiplied.

Nordio does not rule out that the government is in the crosshairs. Giorgia Meloni and before that Guido Crosetto have openly spoken of a 'conspiracy'. The minister (interviewed by CasaCorriere Festival) confirms: 'There has been a targeted dossier against people of high political standing', which this time, however, has been 'counterproductive' for those who triggered it.

The Guardasigilli also spoke of the recent controversy between the government and the judiciary and of justice reform on which - he warned - 'there is no negotiation'. And he goes back to defending the separation of careers and the clampdown on wiretapping: "The separation of careers was in our electoral programme, the citizens have chosen this government to apply it and we cannot disregard their hopes". As for the new rules on eavesdropping, Nordio says he is 'very open' to reasoning with magistrates, but 'also taking the economy into account'. Today, organised crime,' he maintains, 'talks through satellite systems, which we cannot intercept, and not through mobile phones'. Hence the proposal to 'save on trawling interceptions and employ resources in expensive and innovative systems that intercept the real communications of organised crime'. The tug-of-war with the magistrates remains. Nordio returns to attack Cassation judge Marco Paternello, who had criticised the premier in a chat: 'In any other country a situation like this would have created a huge scandal'.