{"id":37851,"date":"2025-06-10T07:26:32","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T07:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.tradesilvania.com\/paraguay-presidents-x-account-hacked-to-announce-fake-bitcoin-legalization\/"},"modified":"2025-06-10T07:26:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T07:26:32","slug":"paraguay-presidents-x-account-hacked-to-announce-fake-bitcoin-legalization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tradesilvania.com\/en\/news\/paraguay-presidents-x-account-hacked-to-announce-fake-bitcoin-legalization\/","title":{"rendered":"Paraguay President\u2019s X Account Hacked to Announce Fake Bitcoin Legalization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tradesilvania.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Paraguay-President-s-X-Account-Hacked-to-Announce-Fake-Bitcoin-Legalization.png\" alt=\"Paraguay President\u2019s X Account Hacked to Announce Fake Bitcoin Legalization\" \/>\n            <\/p>\n<p>Paraguay\u2019s President Santiago Pe\u00f1a appears to have been the target of a cyberattack after a message was posted on his X (formerly Twitter) account, claiming that <a href=\"https:\/\/tradesilvania.com\/en\/prices\/bitcoin?ref=tradesilvania.com\">Bitcoin<\/a> had been adopted as legal tender and that a $5 million Bitcoin-backed reserve fund was being launched.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities in Paraguay clarified that the statements did not originate from official sources and showed clear signs of unauthorized access. Context is key: while Bitcoin has been tied to alternative economic strategies\u2014like in El Salvador\u2014Paraguay has shown no prior indication of pursuing a similar path.<\/p>\n<p>This situation raises concerns about institutional communication security and reputational risks in a digital age. A false post of this nature can mislead investors, temporarily affect Bitcoin\u2019s price, and damage the country\u2019s credibility on the international stage.<\/p>\n<p>The government is working with platform X and the national cybersecurity team to investigate the incident. In the meantime, citizens have been urged to disregard any messages from the president\u2019s account until official confirmation is issued.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>            Paraguay\u2019s President Santiago Pe\u00f1a appears to have been the target of a cyberattack after a message was posted on his X (formerly Twitter) account, claiming that Bitcoin had been adopted as legal tender and that a $5 million Bitcoin-backed reserve fund was being launched.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities in Paraguay clarified that<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[99,98],"class_list":["post-37851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-en","tag-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Paraguay President\u2019s X Account Hacked to Announce Fake Bitcoin Legalization<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Paraguay president\u2019s X account hacked with false Bitcoin news. 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