Chainalysis breached using “offensive agentic techniques”

Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis has suffered a cybersecurity incident that led to a data breach. According to the company’s Friday announcement, the incident is unrelated to the recent Binance hack. What was accessed? In October, the company detected external attackers using “offensive agentic techniques” to gain access to Chainalysis systems and internal tools. “Based on the evidence available to date, we have…

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