LockBit 5.0 Claims Responsibility for Attack on TEALCA Transferencias y Encomiendas Angulo Lopez C.A.
In December 2025, the Lockbit 5.0 ransomware group claimed to have compromised TEALCA, a Venezuelan logistics company, and posted the data on its leak site with a deadline of January 14, 2026. It is unclear whether any data was leaked or whether there was any material loss resulting from the incident.
Overview
Missing evidence
Impact details
LockBit 5 allegedly impersonated TEALCA on a leak website and threatened to publish data. No confirmation of encryption, service disruption, or validated data leaks has been found.
Classification & severity
- Category
- Malicious code
- Subtype
- Ransomware
- Confidence
- Medium
Public sources report a claim by LockBit 5 (ransomware/leak site) against TEALCA; the encryption, service disruption, and authenticity of the data have not been independently confirmed.
Severity assessment
Medium- Information impact
- Suspected
- Affected scope
- Organization-wide
- Critical service
- Potential
- Public confidence
- Limited
- Recoverability
- Extended
Public sources support a LockBit 5 claim against a logistics company, but neither the encryption, the service disruption, nor the data breach have been confirmed.
Timeline
Lockbit 5.0 listed TEALCA Transferencias y Encomiendas Angulo Lopez C.A. as an alleged victim.