March 14, 2025 By Pierluigi Paganini
The US Justice Department announced that the LockBit ransomware developer Rostislav Panev was extradited from Israel to the U.S.
The US Justice Department announced that one of the LockBit ransomware developer, Rostislav Panev (51), has been extradited to the United States.
The dual Russian-Israeli national was arrested in Israel in 2024 and faces charges related to his role in the ransomware operation
The man is accused of being a LockBit ransomware developer from 2019 through at least February 2024. The leading ransomware group attacked over 2,500 victims worldwide, including 1,800 in the United States, extracted $500M in ransoms, and caused billions in damages.