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

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A trove of chat logs allegedly belonging to the Black Basta ransomware group has leaked online.

The chatlogs, 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 leak comes amid “internal conflict” within the group after some members allegedly failed to provide its victims with functional decryption tools despite paying a ransom demand.

The U.S. government has linked the Russian -language ransomware gang to hundreds of attacks on critical infrastructure and global businesses.

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