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title: Ransomware Threat to IIoT Blog Offer
description: OptoBlog post discusses ransomware attacks and how to avoid them affecting your industrial assets and IIoT initiatives.
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## Is Ransomware a Threat to Your IIoT Initiatives?

### With Ethernet, the Internet, and open standards, increasingly automation systems and equipment are more open to attack.

![The Internet of Ransomware Things](https://info.opto22.com/hs-fs/hubfs/IoTSecurity_cartoon.png?width=300&name=IoTSecurity_cartoon.png "The Internet of Ransomware Things")This new **OptoBlog** post addresses these concerns and outlines:

- Definition of ransomware
- Recent ransomware attacks
- Suggestions on how to avoid ransomware affecting your industrial assets

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