Root-cause analysis not yet published. The incident description below contains all currently available signal — review the attack transaction directly for definitive forensics.
Chivo Wallet is a national digital wallet issued by the government of El Salvador on September 7 for the implementation of the Bitcoin Act. To this end, El Salvador promised that users who download and authenticate the Chivo Wallet will receive a $30 bitcoin reward. This move allowed the official wallet of El Salvador to exceed 2 million users in one month. Between October 9th and October 14th, Cristosal, a human rights organization in El Salvador, received 755 notices about Salvadorans reporting that their Chivo wallet identity was stolen. Attack method (per SlowMist): Wallet Stolen. Reported loss: $ 22,650.
- chain
- bitcoin
- protocol
- Chivo
- bug_class
- private-key
- date_occurred
- 2021-11-01
- loss_usd
- $22,650
- source_id
- sm:chivo::2021-11-01