Incident response time (minutes)

PancakeSwap's assessment for RD-F-085 — scored yellow on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.

Evidence summary #

BCE/USDT 2025: PancakeSwap team paused affected pools same day as exploit (2025-03-15); BlockSec confirmed same day. Exact response time in minutes not determinable from public sources (no pause tx hash/block timestamp retrieved without RPC). Estimated hours (same-day, likely <4h). Yellow: 60 min to 4 hours estimated. Cannot confirm green (<60 min) without on-chain tx timestamp.

Sources #

URL
BlockSec Exploit Confirmation DateChainCatcher: BlockSec confirmed exploit 2025-03-15retrieved 2026-04-28
URL
PancakeSwap BCE/USDT Exploit — Response TimeCryptoNews: PancakeSwap developers responded quickly, temporarily pausing affected poolsretrieved 2026-04-28

Methodology #

Measure the time in minutes from the first exploit transaction to the first official team statement for the most recent incident.

See the full factor methodology and distribution across all protocols →

rubric_version v1.7.0 protocol pancakeswap factor RD-F-085 score yellow collected_at 2026-04-28 19:10:57