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Italian Sports Daily Blasts ‘Lynching’ Over ‘Black Friday’

Italian sports daily Corriere dello Sport has described the backlash over its controversial “Black Friday” headline as a “lynching”.

The front-page headline accompanied an article about the first Serie A meeting between former Manchester United teammates Romelu Lukaku and Chris Smalling.

“Who are you calling racist? Lynching of a newspaper that for a century has defended liberty and equality,” read the headline of Friday’s newspaper.

Inter Milan striker Lukaku and Roma defender Smalling face off at the San Siro on Friday as the northern side look to maintain top spot in Serie A.

Both players have condemned the headline …

Italian Bank UniCredit Says Data Of 3m Clients Hacked

Italian Bank UniCredit Says Data Of 3m Clients Hacked

Italian bank UniCredit on Monday said it had discovered a data breach concerning the contact details of around 3 million Italian customers, contained in a four-year-old file.
“The UniCredit cyber security team has identified a data incident involving a file generated in 2015 containing a defined set of approximately 3 million records,” a statement said.

Hackers got hold of “names, city, telephone number and email only” and do not have “any bank details permitting access to customer accounts or allowing for unauthorised transactions,” it added.

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The incident was reported

Italian Right Hopes To Conquer Left Stronghold In Key Vote

Italian Right Hopes To Conquer Left Stronghold In Key Vote

Italians began voting in Umbria Sunday for a regional election heralded as a key test for both the young left-leaning government and a zealous new right-wing opposition alliance.
Firebrand Matteo Salvini is determined to wrest the hilly region prized for its truffles and prosciutto from the left, which has governed it for 70 years, by capitalising on a health scandal and biting economic crisis.

“Never before has Umbria, with its 884,000 inhabitants, been such an important thermometer for national politics,” the Sole 24 Ore daily said in the run-up to the vote.

Polling stations opened at 7 am and close