One of the most influential Italian journalists in the field of cybersecurity and digital rights, she helped make visible the invisible infrastructures of power that shape our online world.
Carola Frediani, journalist and author, one of the most authoritative voices in Italy in the field of cybersecurity and digital rights, died today, June 3, 2026, at the age of 51, after a long illness. The news was announced through her newsletter Guerre di Rete, a project she founded and which has become one of the most important references in Italy for the analysis of cyberwarfare, disinformation, and digital surveillance.
Her passing leaves a significant void in Italian technology journalism, where Frediani built over the years a distinctive, rigorous, and independent voice, capable of translating complex phenomena into accessible narratives without losing analytical depth.
Throughout her career, she played a crucial role in framing the internet as a political space—non-neutral, shaped by conflicts, economic interests, and strategies of control. Her work helped make visible the often-invisible infrastructures of digital power: from global surveillance to hacking operations, and large-scale disinformation campaigns.
Among her most significant contributions is Guerre di Rete, an independent newsletter and editorial project launched in 2018, which for years served as a key reference point for journalists, researchers, and professionals in the field. Through this platform, Frediani analyzed contemporary forms of digital conflict, introducing into Italian public discourse a vocabulary that has since become central: cyberwarfare, information warfare, and cyberspying.
Over the years, she collaborated with several Italian and international media outlets and published books on the relationship between technology, security, and society, with a particular focus on the political implications of data and the evolution of surveillance in the digital age. Her work helped shift public debate toward a deeper awareness of the role of technological infrastructures in shaping contemporary power relations.
In a context where technology and geopolitics are increasingly intertwined, her work has been a key reference for understanding ongoing transformations. Her ability to make invisible phenomena readable marked an important shift in Italian journalism, helping define an essential field for interpreting the present.
With her passing, Italian journalism loses one of its most lucid and independent voices in the interpretation of the digital world.
