Hackers Shut Down System for Booking COVID-19 Shots in Italy’s Lazio Region

Protesters demonstrate against the Green Pass plan (health pass) in Rome on July 28, 2021. Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters

MILAN—Hackers have attacked and shut down the IT systems of the company that manages COVID-19 vaccination appointments for the Lazio region surrounding Rome, the regional government said on Sunday.

“A powerful hacker attack on the region’s CED (database) is underway,” the region said in a Facebook posting.