The Lockbit Ransomware developer is extradited to the United States

Rostislav Panev, a 51-year-old Russian-Israeli national, who is accused of being a key developer for the famous Lockdown Ransomware Gang, was extradited from Israel in the United States, the Ministry of Justice announcement THURSDAY.

Laid was arrested in Israel in Decemberbecoming the third person Arrested for their role in Lockbit. Since then, he has been waiting for extradition in Israel.

Prosecutors allege that Panev was a developer working for the Ransomware Group lockbit since its inception in 2019 and until February 2024. Panev and other lockbit developers designed gang malware and maintained its infrastructure, and divided the criminal product with the affiliates of the gang, who were those who were carrying the cyberattaques and the victims of extension, according to the doj.

“If you are a member of the Lockbit ransomware plot, the United States will find you and bring you to justice,” said United States prosecutor John Giordano.