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title: "Whitepaper: Understanding LockBit 3.0 Ransomware"
description: This whitepaper provides an overview of the LockBit 3.0 ransomware capabilities and how your organization can respond to this cyber threat in your operational technology (OT) environments.  →
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### FREE WHITEPAPER

# Understanding LockBit 3.0 Ransomware

 

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There has been a significant uptick in LockBit ransomware attacks since 2021, impacting organizations closely aligned with critical infrastructure or within the critical infrastructure supply chain. This activity continued through 2022, with trends affecting manufacturing, electric, transportation, and logistics businesses.

This whitepaper provides an overview of the LockBit 3.0 ransomware capabilities and how your organization can respond to this cyber threat in your operational technology (OT) environments. You’ll learn:

 

- What similarities LockBit ransomware has to other ransomware impacting industrial operations
- What specific systems LockBit 3.0 ransomware targets and infects
- How cyber criminals are leveraging LockBit 3.0 to target specific industries
- How your organization can detect and mitigate against LockBit 3.0 ransomware

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