Pro-Russian hackers post bounty on Tajani and Rome prosecutor; Eurocontrol logs 35 bomb threats

Bounty list on the dark web

Pro-Russian hacker collective NoName057(16) has published data on Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, Rome prosecutor Francesco Lo Voi and Ivano Gabrielli, head of the postal police, and has offered payment for more information about them. According to Il Fatto Quotidiano, cited by ANSA, the material has been online for at least two weeks and remains accessible, and the Rome prosecutor's office is investigating. Open reports that the list covers 18 people whom the Russian Federation considers hostile, and that the fourth Italian name is Paolo Tassan-Zanin, mayor of Aviano, the town that hosts a NATO air base. Il Sole 24 Ore reports that phone numbers, emails and Telegram contacts for Tajani, Lo Voi and Gabrielli are already exposed, some of them still in use. The list sits in a section of the group's website called a tribunal for people who "deserve a public verdict", and Open reports that the group is believed to be linked to Russia's GRU military intelligence service.

Tajani's response

Tajani answered on X, saying criminal hackers had for days been spreading his personal data on the dark web, searching for more information and threatening his family. He wrote that the group was ready to pay for further details about him and his relatives. He said he would not give in to the pressure.

“I will not be intimidated in any way. I will continue to work to defend my ministry and Italy.”

Tajani said the attacks were also a reaction to security measures the ministry has put in place over recent months. He said he created a cyber directorate on 1 January to protect the ministry against intrusions by actors often linked to hostile states, and that Italy is operational and coordinating closely with its allies.

“Our position on Ukraine is the political reason why I have been targeted.”

Bomb threats against European flights

Eurocontrol told ANSA that 35 European flights were subject to bomb threats on 3, 5 and 6 November 2026. The agency recorded threats against seven flights on 3 November, 14 on 5 November and 14 on 6 November, and said the figure for 6 November was still approximate. On 6 November the reports amounted to 0.047% of the roughly 29,550 flights in the European network, compared with 0.049% on 5 November. The threats were made by email.

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Investigation into possible Russian origin

The Financial Times reports that European security agencies are investigating whether the coordinated bomb threats against dozens of European flights this week could have originated in Russia. Intelligence officials quoted by the paper say a cross-border probe between European services is trying to trace where the threats came from. Some European intelligence officials consider Russian origin the most likely, based on motive, method, past cases and early clues. A working hypothesis is that the threats came from pro-Kremlin activists or hacker groups. No source has confirmed who sent the bomb threats.