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Identity Thieves Exploit El Salvador’s Chivo Bitcoin Wallet’s Setup Process

Hundreds of Salvadorans say hackers opened Chivo Wallets with their ID numbers to claim the $30 bitcoin incentive dangled by Nayib Bukele’s government.

By Andrés Engler

Updated May 11, 2023, 6:02 p.m. Published Nov 1, 2021, 7:10 p.m.

A Chivo ATM in San Salvador (Camilo Freedman/APHOTOGRAFIA/Getty Images)