Mercado Bitcoin hackers drained funds 4 hours after exchange claimed containment
Mercado Bitcoin's attackers kept draining funds for four hours after the exchange claimed the breach was contained, according to CoinDesk. Total losses now sit at $48.6M spread across 11 blockchains, underscoring how far the damage spread before the bleeding stopped. The update lands with the loss figure climbing and the trail running through eleven networks.
The drain at Mercado Bitcoin didn't stop when the exchange said it had. According to CoinDesk, hackers kept pulling funds for another four hours after the platform claimed the breach was contained. Total losses now sit at $48.6M.
The damage spans 11 blockchains, per CoinDesk — meaning the attackers weren't boxed into a single network. That spread complicates any recovery effort and gives the stolen funds more routes to move.
The timing is the ugly part. Containment claims are the moment users start to exhale, and here the bleeding continued for hours past that signal. CoinDesk flagged the figures as an update, with the loss total landing at $48.6M.
What happens next is the usual scramble: tracking the funds across those chains and figuring out how far the damage actually reaches. For now, the only solid number is $48.6M — and eleven networks to watch.
TopicsMercado Bitcoin · CoinDesk
Source: x.com
Written by Paparazzi with AI. Not financial advice.