Brazilian crypto platform suffers hack of funds
Brazil's largest cryptocurrency exchange, Mercado Bitcoin, reported a hack on Monday that netted over $40 million. The incident comes just days after the attack on Binance, which forced the freezing of funds
Brazil’s largest crypto exchange, Mercado Bitcoin, suffered a hack this week that netted $40 million. The platform stated that customer funds were not compromised.
On Monday, November 2, cybersecurity firm Hypernative identified suspicious transfers exceeding $40 million across at least 10 blockchain networks, leading to the suspension of deposits and withdrawals.
The cryptocurrencies involved in this hack, across at least 10 networks, include Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and Tron, as well as other blockchains.
In connection with the incident, Tether confirmed that they froze over $4.5 million.
“We quickly identified and contained a security incident on one of our systems in the early hours of this morning,” Mercado Bitcoin reported in a statement published on X.
It’s worth noting that on October 29, Binance also suffered an estimated $6.3 billion theft, which the FBI later attributed to the North Korean group TraderTraitor.
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Source: cripto247
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