Treviso, October 21, 2024 – Yarix, the Cyber Security business unit of Var Group (SeSa Group), collaborated in the investigations that led to the arrest of Carmelo Miano, the hacker accused of breaching the IT systems of the Italian Ministry of Justice and compromising critical infrastructures of national companies and institutions.

In May 2024, following a security incident involving a company in the ICT sector, Yarix's Cyber Threat Intelligence (YCTI) and Incident Response (YIR) teams were involved in managing the crisis and implementing containment actions. From preliminary intelligence analyses on the new client, the YCTI team identified and investigated a suspicious network belonging to the company VirtSYS It Srls, which had conducted unauthorized access into the victim's network in the days leading up to the security incident.

The YCTI team further investigated the company and two other related companies: ThunderVM and Webhost-CP, hosting providers with servers located in both Italy and abroad, through which cryptocurrency transactions could be carried out, thus maintaining a very high level of anonymity. The evidence gathered allowed Yarix to link the three companies to Carmelo Miano, the administrator and owner of VirtSYS It Srls.

After conducting investigations and further inquiries into the individual, Yarix reported the suspicious activities to the Italian Postal Police, sharing detailed documentation about the suspect companies and their illicit services. The files acquired will be analyzed during the investigations.

In 2016, the company signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the State Police for the prevention and fight against cybercrime and the protection of critical infrastructures, formalizing a multi-year collaboration with the Postal Police aimed at sharing procedures and information to enhance the ability to combat and prevent cybercrimes. In 2023, the company had reported a network of 13,000 fake shops to the relevant authorities, responsible for an illegal turnover of €92,782,298.