Online hacktivist groups Anonymous Italy and LulzSec Italy have hacked several Italian job portals and employment agencies and leaked personal data of millions of employees and business owners to protest against the new labour laws in the country, reports Softpedia.

The hacking operation called OpNessunDorma, also defaced websites for employment agencies and released a list of 45 employment agencies who were targeted during the operation.

Among the staffing firms criticized by the hackers in their statement were Synergie, Randstad Italy, Trenkwalder, Kelly Services, Quanta, MAW and Cooperativa ELPE.

Anonymous and LulzSec state their data dump includes four million records, of which 1.8 is actual user data, all amassing 1.5 GB. They also claim to have half a million job-seeker evaluations and 7,000 contact details for major companies activating in Italy. Some of the information belongs to Italian employment agencies.

According to the hacktivist groups, “The new labour laws mean poor wage for workers, more profit for corporations and more government and union corruptions. In this case, billion Euros will be transferred to corporations and their allies. We know this is typical exploitation. We know government, corporations and unions don’t care workers. We are against this exploitation laws. We think we are able to protect our rights by struggle. We don’t want laws like Job Act.”

The two groups started the operation as a way to sound the alarm on corporations activating in Italy. The first stage of the campaign was to raise awareness of the country's complicated conditions for local and foreign workers.

The hacktivists are unsatisfied with Giuliano Poletti, Minister of Labour and Social Policies, and Matteo Renzi, Prime Minister of Italy, who they say are preparing new laws that benefit corporations more than Italy's working force.

The hackers are demanding a minimum wage of €8 per hour and mandatory health insurance for Italy's workers hired under a temporary contract.