In the midst of the global emergency caused by the Coronavirus pandemic, the Argentine government confirmed on March 14 that they suffered a hack on the website of their official gazette (Boletin Official) based on blockchain technology, where false statements regarding the coronavirus were spread.<\/p>\n
According to officials quoted by El Cronista, there were direct hacking attempts that failed to enter the newsletter's system. Still, the hackers located a vulnerability that allowed fake news to be spread through edition 34,239 of the bulletin.<\/p>\n
Such information mentioned some guidelines that were supposedly adopted for state employees amid the coronavirus emergency in the country.<\/p>\n
Due to the security breach and subsequent high traffic, the Boletin Oficial website went offline for several hours.<\/p>\n
The Boletin Oficial is a legally valid publication in its printed edition. Laws that have been ratified and signed by the government are published and made official through it:<\/p>\n
\"The digital edition of the Boletin Oficial acquires legal validity by virtue of Decree No. 207\/2016.\"<\/p>\n
Within the resolution, the Argentine government confirmed a measure adopted by the Ministry of Education regarding the management that educational institutions that have suspected or confirmed cases of coronavirus should give it.<\/p>\n
The blockchain system used for the Official Gazette is part of the \"Blockchain Federal Argentina\" project, which is a distributed accounting technology that is used by both state agencies and private organizations.<\/p>\n
By this means, non-modifiable information is shared through a network made up of its members, which are private and state entities.<\/p>\n
As of press time, the resolution introduced by the security breach is still online on the Boletin Oficial website.<\/p>\n
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