Mercado Bitcoin wallets keep moving funds after $46M hack
Summary
Mercado Bitcoin, one of Brazil’s largest exchanges, reported that more than $46 million in cryptocurrency was stolen from its wallets. Security researchers said the attackers used ordinary transfers, moving across several small chains before targeting hot wallets and sending tiny amounts of ETH from 27,160 addresses. Transfers linked to the breach continued for hours after the exchange suspended deposits and withdrawals. Mercado Bitcoin said customers had suffered no losses and no data was leaked; the incident remains under investigation. By 16:42 UTC, Tether and Circle had frozen about $6.2 million, roughly $20 million had moved to new wallets, and more than $20 million remained in identified addresses, including 106 BTC.
