Comment by lordnacho
21 hours ago
The heist itself only took 20 minutes, but the preparation is a business that has gone on for years. Much like a heist movie, the exciting bit is just the conclusion after a long build-up where Danny gets the gang together, plans it, and executes it.
I wish I could watch a Ocean's Eleven-style movie about this heist.
But maybe it wouldn't be that exciting to see some guys sitting at a desk.
> But maybe it wouldn't be that exciting to see some guys sitting at a desk.
Let me introduce you to the TV show Industry which takes you into the world of London high finance where tense phone calls, compliance violations and financial crimes are the order of the day [1]
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1bQETWAKLY
Industry is more soft porn than a show about heists
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It's a horribly inaccurate show too
I am not uncertain.
> [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1bQETWAKLY
This is like medical series about ER, in real life it doesn't happen. In real life nobody cares, things slip trough, people die, finally someone receives a huge bill.
I imagine it would look like a bunch of North Korean guys (probably not starving like their countrymen, but probably not looking great either) sitting in something like a cross between a NK state prison and an American office.
So yeah, really not exciting ... just sad.
Maybe they are looking great though, crisp uniforms absolutely dripping with medals.
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Now you make me want a North Korean version of The Office
Not sure if I want it written and developed by North Korea or its enemies…
Maybe similarly cringe as the Russian cartoon movie about the first dogs in space. I think it was called Space Dogs.
It could be a "Severance" type of show
Much more likely to resemble the latter office environment.
They're not in NK, though their family is.
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That sounds like it could be pretty exciting.
They clicked the "pi" symbol on the Binance homepage [1].
[1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXPXMxsXT28
Plenty to film/story to tell - Binance team freaking about the operation, the users who find out funds are gone, and the thieves living it up on the stolen money.
There's a very good BBC podcast about the north Korean and Russian hacking teams by BBC, one in Lazarus and one on evil Corp or something. Shoudnlt be hard to search for if interested.
I felt the same way about the Ledger wallet heist. The amount of planning that must have gone into that is insane.
You might enjoy the BBC podcast cyberhack, about another very elaborate financial hacking operation: https://www.bbc.com/audio/series/w27vqd03
AI removed the fun even to this.
But what if they’re getting a blowjob while they’re sitting at their desk?
That was the solution that the movie Swordfish came up with to solve this tricky problem.
If it's dumb and it works, then it's not dumb.
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Literally the locksmith paradox
Well, no. The locksmith paradox is where a skilled person can walk up to a novel problem and quickly solve it, irking the customer who paid a large sum for the results. Here the thieves almost certainly didn't trip over the Binance vulnerability and solve it in 20 minutes; they planned and researched this task for a long time before executing.
If you want to get that narrow, then why not dismiss my comment by saying that they are not literal locksmiths? The locksmith paradox is about underestimating the expertise behind a quick result, and that expertise can include extensive preparation.
And almost certainly an inside job given the knowledge of Binance systems required.