North Korea denies involvement in Binance hack and criticizes FBI probe as ‘a trite provocation’
Kim Yo Jong called the FBI’s attribution a political provocation as analysts traced about $3.28 billion in stolen funds across more than 950 wallets.
- On Tuesday, Kim Yo-jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, denied involvement in a $6 billion cryptocurrency theft from Binance, calling the FBI's accusations "absurd."
- The FBI announced on Saturday that a hacking organization "supported" by the DPRK was involved in the theft, blaming the regime for stealing over $6 billion from the exchange.
- North Korea denounced the investigation findings as a "grave political provocation" on Tuesday, stating the allegations reinforce Washington's hostile policy toward Pyongyang.
- Kim stated the FBI is attempting to brand the DPRK as a "cyber criminal state," claiming Washington misleads international public opinion by attributing global cyber crimes to the regime.
- Pyongyang maintains that Washington's hostile attitude drives the accusations, rejecting the findings as evidence of a broader campaign to pressure the DPRK.
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The US federal police accused the North Korean hacker group TraderTrairor of being responsible for the theft of $6.3 billion in digital assets. "A serious political provocation," said Kim Yo Jong, sister of leader Kim Jong-un.
Kim Jong's sister One denounces an "absurd rhetoric" and a "serious provocation" after the FBI blamed the North Korean group TraderTraitor, affiliated with Lazarus, the $6.3 billion break on the Binance cryptocurrency platformOn Tuesday, North Korea wiped out the FBI's assertions that it would be behind the record $6.3 billion hacking on the Binance crypto platform, and said it had fired cruise missiles.The FBI's formal accusations on Saturday a…
After the biggest hacker attack on a crypto market so far, Pyongyang rejects any responsibility. The sister of the North Korean leader considers the accusations absurd.
North Korea wiped out on Tuesday the FBI's assertions that it would be behind the record $6.3 billion hacking on the Binance cryptocurrency platform, ensuring that it "resolutely opposes" cyberattacks.
North Korea has rejected a stake in the hacker attack on the world's largest crypto market Binance.
North Korea has described FBI claims linking it to the Binance heist as "absurd rhetoric," according to KCNA The post Binance: North Korea denies any connection to the largest financial heist of all time appeared first on in.gr.
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