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Mercado Bitcoin Said Its Hack Was Contained, But Blockchain Data Tells a Different Story
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Key points
- Brazilian cryptocurrency exchange Mercado Bitcoin previously stated that a security breach was successfully contained on Monday.
- However, new forensic analysis of blockchain data indicates that thousands of customer deposit addresses were drained hours after that announcement.
- Investigators have now traced roughly $48.6 million in stolen funds moving across 11 different blockchain networks following the incident.
Summarized automatically by Kryptokite from reporting by Decrypt. Read the original sources for full detail.
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- DecryptMercado Bitcoin Said Its Hack Was Contained, But Blockchain Data Tells a Different Story · 2 hours agoRead on Decrypt
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