Black Basta’s alleged ringleader identified as authorities raid homes of other members

Law enforcement agencies from multiple European countries are still pursuing leads on people involved in the Black Basta ransomware group, nearly a year after the group’s internal chat logs were leaked , exposing key details about its operations, and at least six months since the group claimed responsibility for new attacks. Officials in Ukraine and Germany said they raided the homes of two Russian nationals accused of participating in Black Basta’s crimes and effectively halted their operations. The pair of alleged criminals who were living in Ukraine were not named.

German police publicly identified a third Russian national — Oleg Evgenievich Nefedov — as Black Basta’s alleged leader. Nefedov, a 35-year-old who was subsequently added to the most-wanted lists of Europol and Interpol , all