The El Salvador Bitcoin Chivo Wallet has fallen prey to a notorious hacking group.
Despite this, El Salvador remains committed to its Bitcoin strategy with a recent Diploma integration in schools.
The Chivo Wallet, an official Bitcoin wallet for El Salvador’s nationals, has fallen under a security breach. The attack spearheaded by a group of hackers known as CiberInteligenciaSV has resulted in the exposure of the source code and VPN of the Chivo Wallet.
The Attack on Chivo Wallet
The hack occurred Tuesday when CiberInteligenciaSV released part of the source code on BreachForums, a notorious forum mostly frequented by cybercriminals.
The hacker group wrote,
This time I bring you the code that is inside the Bitcoin Chivo Wallet ATMs in El Salvador, remember that it is a government wallet, and as you know, we do not sell, we publish everything for free for you.
This development raises concerns about the security of the Chivo Wallet as it comes less than a month after the personal infor
