Italian magistrates look to drop Hacking Team probe, blame U.S.

A Milan magistrate recommended on Tuesday shelving an investigation into six people who were suspected of orchestrating a massive data breach at the Italian cybersecurity firm Hacking Team.

Magistrate Alessandro Gobbis wrote in a document filed with Milan judges, and seen by Reuters, that the case should be shut down because U.S. authorities had hindered the probe by refusing to pass on potentially vital information.

There was no immediate comment from the U.S. Justice Department.