Mercado Bitcoin Cyberattack Leads to $46 Million in Stolen Funds
First merged summary.
A cyberattack on Mercado Bitcoin resulted in over $46 million in suspicious transfers across 10 blockchains, with deposits and withdrawals suspended.
Mercado Bitcoin suspended deposits and withdrawals after detecting a security incident. Blockchain investigators flagged suspicious transfers totaling over $46 million across 10 blockchains, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Tron, Polygon, Arbitrum, Avalanche, BNB Chain and Stellar. The exchange stated customers suffered no harm and no data leaked, describing the suspension as a protective measure, though The Record notes experts disputed this. Some assets were frozen by Tether and other platforms.
- Over $46 million in suspicious transfers across 10 blockchains
- 2,852 ETH, 106 BTC, 10,700 SOL and 6.7M XLM moved
- Deposits and withdrawals suspended
- Tether froze $4.5 million
- No customer data leaked
- Attack similar to recent Binance breach
What each outlet adds
beyond the shared facts- Cyber Security Newsdetailed per-asset amounts, blockchains and 34-minute window
- The Recordtotal $46 million, frozen funds and disputed no-harm claim
- Vendors
- Mercado Bitcoin
- Victims
- Mercado Bitcoin
- Organizations
- ChainalysisTether
- Countries
- Brazil
Coverage
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Cyber Security NewsFirst report
Mercado Bitcoin suffers cyberattack, researchers flag $40M suspicious transfers
Researchers flagged more than $40 million in suspicious transfers from the Brazilian crypto exchange across 10 blockchains.
- · 23h ago
The Record
Mercado Bitcoin confirms cyberattack after $46M stolen
Hackers stole more than $46 million from Brazil's largest crypto exchange in an incident that suspended deposits and withdrawals.