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Italy fines WINDTRE €1.7 million over security flaws behind two data breaches

Published

20 July 2026

Topic

regulatory

Sectors

Enterprise Software

Geography

Italy

Source

Read at helpnetsecurity.com

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Fusion42 · 20 July 2026 · Fusion42 review

Italy's data protection authority fined WINDTRE €1.7 million for security failures that enabled two separate data breaches affecting 365,000 customers. The regulator found critical gaps in certificate handling, API protection, and credential management that allowed social engineering attacks to scale across store systems.

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The Wire takeaway

If you're a SaaS platform or telecom handling customer data in Europe, the regulator just set the bar for API and certificate security: unprotected secondary APIs and unencrypted keys are now €1.7m+ violations. Audit your internal APIs and key management this week—GDPR enforcement is getting granular on infrastructure, not just process.

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Enterprise Software · gdpr-enforcement · data-breach · api-security · certificate-management · telecom