Binance Hackers Had 8 Weeks of Access Before $6.3B Exploit, Security Alliance Estimates

Inside North Korea's hacker army

North Korean hackers have been blamed for some of the world's biggest cyber thefts, including the record-breaking US$6.3-billion attack on cryptocurrency exchange Binance.

Binance Hackers Had 8 Weeks of Access Before $6.3B Exploit, Security Alliance Estimates

North Korea-linked TraderTraitor may have had 8 weeks of access to Binance’s systems before conducting the record-setting hack on Oct. 29, according to the Security Alliance.

Postmortem of the Binance Exploit – The Illusion of Crypto

Guest Editorial by Dr. David Utzke, CEO/CTO at MyKey Technologies

Binance hackers reportedly spent eight weeks inside before $6.3 billion theft

The incident underscores the critical need for robust internal security and detection systems in exchanges to prevent prolonged breaches.

Binance Hack Timeline: 8 Weeks, 9 Days or 161 Minutes?

The Security Alliance put about eight weeks of attacker access on the Binance hack timeline in a report published Thursday, and marked the start date unknown in the same line it gave the figure. Binance’s own incident report, released a day earlier, supplies three separate points at which the Binance hack timeline could be started. The Security Alliance post gives the Binance intrusion about eight weeks, writing the start as “Sept ??” and the en…