Italy foreign ministry says it has come under cyber attack

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MILAN, Oct 8 - Italy's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday its website had come under cyber attack but security systems had successfully mitigated the threat, with no disruption to services.

• The situation is being constantly monitored, the ministry said in a statement

• The ministry did not name any suspects for the attack

• It added that checks were under way to determine whether similar attacks had been attempted against the websites of diplomatic and consular missions abroad REUTERS

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