Mercado Bitcoin hack continued hours after exchange said attack was contained, report finds

CoinDesk · Thu, 05 Nov 2026 10:44:54 GMT

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Excerpt from CoinDesk: “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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