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 * Black Basta Ransomware gang accumulated at least $107 million in Bitcoin
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BLACK BASTA RANSOMWARE GANG ACCUMULATED AT LEAST $107 MILLION IN BITCOIN RANSOM
PAYMENTS SINCE EARLY 2022

Pierluigi Paganini December 01, 2023


THE BLACK BASTA RANSOMWARE GANG INFECTED OVER 300 VICTIMS ACCUMULATING RANSOM
PAYMENTS EXCEEDING $100 MILLION SINCE EARLY 2022.

The Black Basta ransomware group has been active since April 2022, like other
ransomware operations, it implements a double-extortion attack model.  

A joint research by Elliptic and Corvus Insurance revealed that the group
accumulated at least $107 million in Bitcoin ransom payments since early 2022.
According to the experts, the ransomware gang has infected over 329 victims,
including ABB, Capita, Dish Network, and Rheinmetall. 

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The researchers analyzed blockchain transactions, they discovered a clear link
between Black Basta and the Conti Group.

In 2022, the Conti gang discontinued its operations, coinciding with the
emergence of the Black Basta group in the threat landscape.

The group mainly laundered the illicit funds through the Russian crypto exchange
Garantex.

“Black Basta is a Russia-linked ransomware that emerged in early 2022. It has
been used to attack more than 329 organizations globally and has grown to become
the fourth-most active strain of ransomware by number of victims in 2022-2023.”
reads the Elliptic’s report. “Our analysis suggests that Black Basta has
received at least $107 million in ransom payments since early 2022, across more
than 90 victims. The largest received ransom payment was $9 million, and at
least 18 of the ransoms exceeded $1 million. The average ransom payment was $1.2
million.”



Most of the victims are in the manufacturing, engineering and construction, and
retail sectors. 61,9% of the victims are in the US, 15.8% in Germany, and 5.9%
in Canada.



Some of the victims’ ransom payments were sent by both Conti and Black Basta
groups to gang behind the Qakbot malware.

In August, the FBI announced that the Qakbot botnet was dismantled as a result
of an international law enforcement operation named Operation ‘Duck Hunt.’

Qakbot, also known as QBot, QuackBot and Pinkslipbot, is an info-stealing
malware that has been active since 2008. The malware spreads via malspam
campaigns, it inserts replies in active email threads.

Despite the law enforcement operation, the threat actors behind QakBot are still
active, Cisco Talos warns.

According to the researchers, the threat actors behind the Qakbot bot have been
conducting a campaign since early August 2023. The attacks aimed at distributing
Ransom Knight ransomware and the Remcos RAT.

Approximately 10% of the Black Basta ransom amount was forwarded on to Qakbot,
whike the group maintained 14% of ransom payments.

“These transactions indicate that approximately 10% of the ransom amount was
forwarded on to Qakbot, in cases where they were involved in providing access to
the victim.” concludes the victims.

“The Black Basta operator appears to take an average of 14% of ransom payments.
This is a typical split seen in ransomware-as-a-service operations,” Elliptic
says.

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Pierluigi Paganini

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