Post-exploit response score
PancakeSwap's assessment for RD-F-081 — scored yellow on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.
Evidence summary #
BCE/USDT 2025 response: pool pause executed same day (fast). No user compensation program. No PancakeSwap-authored post-mortem. Root cause identified only by third-party researchers (BlockSec, independent Medium analysis). Operational recovery: broader protocol remained live; only affected pool paused. Score: 2/5 — fast operational response, poor transparency/compensation. Yellow threshold: 2–3/5.
Sources #
- URLPancakeSwap BCE/USDT Pool Exploit ResponseCryptoNews: PancakeSwap paused affected pools; no post-mortemretrieved 2026-04-28
- Fee-on-Transfer Post-Mortem — no official PancakeSwap statementMedium analysis: neither PancakeSwap nor token project issued public statementretrieved 2026-04-28
Methodology #
Curator-score (1–5) the most recent incident response on: compensation completeness, transparency of disclosure, root-cause analysis depth, and operational recovery speed.
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