ROME: The United States has denied suggestions it undermined an investigation into a massive data breach at the Italian cybersecurity firm Hacking Team, saying it did everything it could to help in the case. A Milan magistrate last week recommended shelving an investigation into six people who were suspected of orchestrating the 2015 data theft. A senior judicial source criticised US officials for not handing over a computer belonging to a key suspect, saying it might have contained information vital to the probe. But in a comment emailed to Reuters, the US Department of Justice in Washington denied the United States was to blame for the case floundering. “The United States assisted Italy to the greatest extent possible and the relevant Italian authorities know that,” a US Department of Justice spokesperson wrote. Published in Daily Times, December 17th 2017.