North Korea denies involvement in Binance hack and criticizes FBI probe as ‘a trite provocation’
Kim Yo Jong calls the FBI’s attribution absurd as investigators say the stolen crypto could help bankroll North Korea’s weapons programs.
- 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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Kim Yeo-jung, general manager of the Labor Party of North Korea, defined the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as a “political provocation” on the 3rd that the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) named North Korea behind the 8 trillion won hacking of the virtual asset exchange Binance and said, “On this occasion, we have once again confirmed Washington's hostile stance against the border, and we see that the United States continues t…
'Grave Political Provocation’, North Korea Slams FBI Allegations Over Binance Hack
North Korea on Tuesday slammed the FBI's allegations that Pyongyang was behind the theft of $6 billion from cryptocurrency platform Binance, with Kim Jong Un's powerful sister labelling it a "grave political provocation".
An attack on Binance costs $6.3 billion and the FBI points to a group of hackers linked to Pyongyang, which denies it
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