A huge trove of leaked Black Basta chat logs expose the ransomware gang’s key members and victims

A trove of chat logs allegedly belonging to the Black Basta ransomware group has leaked online, exposing key members of the prolific Russia-linked gang. The chat logs, which include over 200,000 messages spanning from September 18, 2023, to September 28, 2024, were shared with threat intelligence company Prodaft by a leaker. The cybersecurity firm says the leak comes amid “internal conflict” within the Black Basta group after some members allegedly failed to provide its victims with functional decryption tools despite paying a ransom demand. It’s not yet known if the leaker, who uses the alias “ExploitWhispers” on Telegram, was a member of the Black Basta gang. Black Basta is a prolific Russian-language ransomware gang, which the U.S. government has linked to hundreds of attacks on critical infrastructure and global businesses, whose publicly known victims include U.S. healthcare organization Ascension, U.K. utility company Southern Water, and British outsourcing giant Capita. The l ... Read full article.