malconguerra2 calls for an attack on the National Experimental University of Security (UNES)
On January 21, 2026, the threat actor known as malconguerra2 claimed responsibility for a massive data breach targeting the National Experimental University of Security (UNES) in Venezuela. The actor posted on DarkForums, claiming to have exfiltrated 1 TB of confidential data, including student records, diplomas, and résumés. Evidence associated with the leak suggests that the data may have originated from internal server backups (C:\inetpub\wwwroot\admin\backup) dating back to December 2025.
Overview
Missing evidence
Impact details
malconguerra2 has published a UNES dataset of approximately 1 TB containing records of students, faculty, and graduates, as well as degrees, resumes, and related files. No victim statement, forensic validation, or operational impact has been confirmed.
Classification & severity
- Category
- Information content security
- Subtype
- Leak of confidential information
- Confidence
- Medium
Severity assessment
High- Information impact
- Sensitive personal data
- Affected scope
- Organization-wide
- Critical service
- Potential
- Public confidence
- Moderate
Potentially high if authentic, but current evidence points to a claim by an actor or forum and, possibly, a repost of a dataset from December 2025.
Timeline
malconguerra2 published ~1 TB of data from UNES.
The same dataset was republished.