Milan-based private investigations firm Equalize led by former top cop Carmine Gallo was reportedly behind the years-long hacking campaign, which was facilitated by bribes to police officers, remote access trojan compromise, and the breach of the Italian Interior Ministry computer system’s maintenance personnel, according to prosecutors, who have filed charges against Gallo and his co-conspirators Nunzio Samuele Calamucci, Massimiliano Camponovo, and Giulio Cornelli. An investigation has also been launched into the potential involvement of Luxottica heir Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio and ex-Lehman Brothers banker Matteo Arpe.

Source: SC Magazine