LockBit Ransomware Developer Arrested in Israel

News brief: US authorities unsealed a criminal complaint and arrested Rostislav Panev, a dual Russian-Israeli national accused of developing and maintaining LockBit ransomware and affiliate tools (including a data-exfiltration tool called "StealBit"). Prosecutors say Panev had admin access to LockBit's dark web repository and control panel credentials; he has confessed and faces extradition as part of broader efforts to dismantle the LockBit ransomware-as-a-service operation.