Thousands of schools in Italy were evacuated on Wednesday after around 6,300 of them received bomb threats.
This is the latest in a series of cyber threats and attacks that have rocked various European countries, targeting supermarkets, air traffic systems and media broadcasters.
Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland also reported that many schools had received similar emails from abroad.
However, the threats were deemed to be hoaxes and did not cause disruption to the learning process.
In Italy, schools reacted immediately by closing their facilities and evacuating students, which forced many parents to interrupt their activities to pick up their children.
According to Reuters , recent events have heightened concerns about cybersecurity and the misuse of electronic communications to create panic and disrupt the normal functioning of institutions in several European countries.
