LockBit Ransomware Continued to Impact Operational Technology (OT) in 2022
Summary: LockBit ransomware attacks rose sharply after 2021 and continued through 2022 against organizations tied to critical infrastructure and its supply chain, with manufacturing, electric, transportation, and logistics among the affected sectors. Per Dragos's 2022 Year in Review, LockBit accounted for 28 percent of ransomware attacks against industrial infrastructure-reliant organizations that year, and the group has evolved from '.abcd' in 2019 through LockBit, LockBit 2.0, and LockBit 3.0, now sold as ransomware-as-a-service.
Key Takeaway: Dragos says it has not observed LockBit directly targeting or impacting ICS/OT, yet cascading operational effects from compromised enterprise IT systems are what put industrial operations at risk - and a 28 percent share of attacks on industrial organizations means that path is being exercised at scale.
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