Laptop requires a password to start T410

Morning to all,
few days ago, my laptop requires a password to start.
This started abruptly. I carried the laptop turned on to place it on a table and there it restarts by itself and displays a padlock requiring a password.
Please, can you tell me how to fix this.
Bests regards

Did you happen to run a BIOS update?
What if you try a blank password?
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