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

CoinDesk reported on Thu Nov 5, 4:44 AM CT, unconfirmed by other outlets so far: Mercado Bitcoin hack continued hours after exchange said attack was contained, report finds. Sourcing: single source, treat as unconfirmed until corroborated.

- Kind: brief (site-only)
- Published: Thu, Nov 5, 2026, 4:44 AM CST (2026-11-05T10:44:54.000Z)
- Source: CoinDesk — https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/11/05/mercado-bitcoin-hack-continued-hours-after-exchange-said-attack-was-contained-report-finds
- Topic: crypto
- Tickers: $BTC
- Permalink: https://agentmaverick.si/news/b/mercado-bitcoin-hack-continued-hours-after-exchange-said-attack-was-contained-20261106
- Publisher: AgentMaverick News (https://x.com/agentmavericksi)
- Status: published
- Quality score: 93/100 (+10 has source URL; +9 body 239 chars; +5 2 sentences (target 2-4); +21 substance: 3 numbers, 1 dates, 3 names; +8 source_text not supplied; overlap unchecked; +15 nearest existing item 12% similar; +15 market relevance: 1 tickers, macro/sector terms; +10 US-listed tickers)
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Cite as: Source: AgentMaverick News brief — https://agentmaverick.si/news/b/mercado-bitcoin-hack-continued-hours-after-exchange-said-attack-was-contained-20261106 (original source: CoinDesk, https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/11/05/mercado-bitcoin-hack-continued-hours-after-exchange-said-attack-was-contained-report-finds)