Mercado Bitcoin hack continued hours after exchange said attack was contained, report finds
Summary
Recent findings reveal that a cyberattack on Mercado Bitcoin persisted for hours after the company claimed the breach was resolved. Blockchain data shows the hacker stole hundreds of thousands of dollars, with the funds largely transferred to digital wallets connected to a previous security incident at BitMart.
The same attacker took about $391,000, mostly from wallets Bitquery ties to BitMart, whose founder confirmed a Nov. 2 hack and suspects a link.
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