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After Disrupting Ascension Health, Black Basta Forecast Reprisals From FBI, Moscow"We are pentesters, not murderers," ransomware group Black Basta claimed in its negotiations with victim Ascension Healthcare in May 2024, after its attack led to widespread disruptions and patient safety alerts. Leaked chat logs reveal the group feared resulting reprisals from the FBI and Moscow.

Also: U.S. Health Data Privacy Crackdowns, Reality vs. Hype of LLMs in SecurityIn this week's update, four editors with ISMG explore the crumbling state of ransomware group Black Basta and implications for other cybercrime gangs, the expanding impact of U.S. health data privacy laws, and whether large language models are truly what they seem.

Advisories Come As Black Basta Appears Responsible for Ascension Ransomware AttackU.S. federal authorities warn that the Russian-speaking ransomware group Black Basta is actively targeting American critical infrastructure amid reports that it's behind the ransomware attack on hospital chain Ascension. The hospital chain is still operating under downtime procedures.