Black Basta ransomware operation nets over $100M from victims in less than two years

The Black Basta ransomware group has reportedly generated upwards of $100 million in revenue since it started operations in April 2022. Joint research from Corvus Insurance and blockchain analysis company Elliptic estimates the crew has scooped up at least $107 million in criminal proceeds after analyzing payments made to its …

[Clausewitz4.0]

Funny

Black Bastard? Nice sense of humour. But ransomware is so 2010's.. are people still into that nowadays?

Deals usually can be closed once clean email systems are setup properly for communication, which shall happen in the next 3 months or sooner.

[JessicaRabbit]

The name does rather remind me of Billy Connolly's Getifu ya basa bit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8bHsn-3RdQ

[pc-fluesterer.info]

Will they ever learn?

Will any of the victims draw the obvious conclusion? Ransomware attacks rely on design faults and programming errors in M$ products. If the victims (and the to-be victims) wanted to protect themselves in the future, they could and should turn to FOSS.