The hacker group CiberInteligenciaSV published part of the source code of Chivo crypto ATMs in El Salvador.
Chivo source code snippet appeared on the cybercriminal forum BreachForums.
What's happened
On April 23, the hacker group CiberInteligenciaSV wrote the following on BreachForums:
At the beginning of the month CiberInteligenciaSV leaked to the network database of more than five million users of the national cryptocurrency wallet of El Salvador. The information includes last names, first names and email addresses. It is noteworthy that this is almost the entire adult population of the country.
Leaked data from Chivo crypto ATMs. Source: BreachForums
About the potential leak initially warned local cybersecurity project VenariX. The day before the incident, experts wrote about what the hackers from CiberInteligenciaSV were preparing. In the message, they referred to the attackers’ Telegram channel, in which they announced plans to leak the Chivo source code.
The authorities are not solving Chivo's problems
El Salvador is the first country in the world to accept Bitcoin (BTC) as legal tender. The government is actively promoting Chivo as an official crypto wallet for citizens. The platform allows you to buy and sell the main cryptocurrency, as well as store and withdraw tokens in special crypto-ATMs.
However, the state crypto wallet is not the most successful development of the Salvadoran authorities. Since the launch of the product, users have been complaining about numerous errors and technical glitches in its operation.
The government is in no hurry to solve these problems. Despite the fact that the first news about the leak of the Chivo user database appeared almost a month ago, the authorities have not yet did not comment incident and did not resolve the security issues of the crypto wallet.
Source: Cryptocurrency
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