Hack history / 2021 / Hack or exploit
Chivo
Hack or exploit on Nov 1, 2021 · Wallet Stolen
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
$23K
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#2,108
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
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.
Details
- Date
- Nov 1, 2021
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Wallet Stolen
- How in
- Smart contract bug
- Target
- Wallet
- Chains
- not stated
Reported by
Related incidents
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Chivo hack, Nov 1, 2021: $23K lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htc29cff677a/ (data as of 2026-10-31).