Security News > 2022 > April > New Black Basta ransomware springs into action with a dozen breaches
A new ransomware gang known as Black Basta has quickly catapulted into operation this month, breaching at least twelve companies in just a few weeks.
Like other enterprise-targeting ransomware operations, Black Basta will steal corporate data and documents before encrypting a company's devices.
BleepingComputer performed a brief analysis of the Black Basta ransomware from online samples.
The ransomware will also change the wallpaper to display a message stating, "Your network is encrypted by the Black Basta group. Instructions in the file readme.txt."
One theory discussed between security researcher MalwareHunterTeam and this author is that Black Basta is possibly an upcoming rebrand of the Conti ransomware operation.
Black Basta released the data for a brand new victim after a screenshot of the negotiation was leaked.