Mercado Bitcoin Hack Persisted Hours After Exchange Said It Was Contained

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A report indicates that the attack on Mercado Bitcoin continued for several hours after the exchange had announced the incident was contained. The same attacker reportedly took roughly $391,000, mostly from wallets that blockchain analytics firm Bitquery links to BitMart. BitMart's founder confirmed a hack on November 2 and suspects a connection to the Mercado Bitcoin breach. The findings raise questions about the accuracy of the exchange's initial containment claims. The full details of the attribution remain unconfirmed.

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