Italy foreign ministry says it has come under cyber attack

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