Binance hackers sat in the system unnoticed for weeks

The record-breaking Binance hack was not a matter of minutes: security researchers say the attackers had weeks inside the system before the breach, according to BTC-ECHO. The same pattern of prolonged dwell time has been identified in other crypto theft cases, suggesting the industry's focus on instant exploits may miss slower, stealthier intrusions. The findings imply that detection and monitoring gaps, rather than a single failed safeguard, enabled the largest crypto theft in history. What to watch next is whether exchanges tighten continuous monitoring and incident response, and whether further post-mortems reveal similarly long undetected access at other platforms.