Security Operations
Threat Intelligence
๐Ÿ”Ž
โ“

LockBit affiliate activity intensifies across Europe

Europol warns of continued LockBit 3.0 affiliate activity against manufacturing and logistics across the EU.
HIGH
Severity & confidence
Source severityhigh
Platform severityhigh
Confidencemedium
Exploitationunknown
CVSS-
Affected
CountriesEUUKDEFR
Sectorsmanufacturingtransportretail
Reporting sources (1)
Europol / EC3
Open source โ†—
Timeline & provenance
Published2026-08-15T20:07:49
Last updated2026-08-15T20:07:49
Ingested2026-08-18T20:07:49
FreshnessDAILY
Threat typeransomware
MITRE ATT&CK
T1486
Threat actors
LockBit
Recommended action
Harden internet-facing services and maintain tested offline backups.
Next steps
  1. Identify affected systems in your environment.
  2. Apply the vendor patch or mitigation guidance.
  3. Review logs for indicators described in the advisory.
  4. Follow the affected vendor/product to track updates.
Confidence explanation
Reported by a single or secondary source; treat as indicative, verify before acting.
Source type: intl ยท Original: Europol / EC3