After Identity Theft, Salvadorans Now Report Funds Disappearing From Chivo Wallets

After Identity Theft, Salvadorans Now Report Funds Disappearing From Chivo Wallets
In the last few weeks, dozens of Salvadorans have reported on social media that money has disappeared from their Chivo wallets, the digital application developed by the Salvadoran government for the use of bitcoin throughout the country.The reports come after hundreds of Salvadorans complained in October that hackers had illegally activated wallets associated with the nine-digit numbers on their identity cards – known as DUI for its acronym in Spanish – to claim the $30 bitcoin incentive dangled by El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele.Luis Guardado, a Salvadoran who has lived in the United States for 30 years, was one of…