marketNovember 7, 2026
Bitquery: Hacker Withdrew Funds From Mercado Bitcoin After Attack Containment Claim
Analysts at Bitquery concluded that an attacker kept withdrawing cryptocurrency from the deposit addresses of Brazilian exchange Mercado Bitcoin for about four more hours after the company announced it had contained the hack.
In other words, the exchange's statement that the attack was brought under control did not immediately stop withdrawals from its deposit addresses.
For someone who holds or exchanges cryptocurrency, this means that a platform's message about containing an incident does not by itself guarantee an immediate halt to withdrawals from its addresses.