North Korea denies involvement in Binance hack and criticizes FBI probe as ‘a trite provocation’
Kim Yo Jong called the FBI’s attribution absurd as investigators traced more than $6 billion in stolen Binance assets across thousands of 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 sister of the North Korean leader responded to the US FBI's accusations against Pyongyang.
The North Korean leader's sister, Kim Yo-jong, says the United States is making another "insidious attempt" to tarnish Pyongyang's reputation.
North Korea vehemently denied, on Monday, the FBI's accusations that it would be behind the theft of US$6 billion of the Binance cryptocurrency platform, at the same time that it carried out strategic cruise missile tests.The launch of the missiles took place shortly after Kim Yo Jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, classifying the FBI's allegations as a "serious political provocation."After attack: Binance resumes lo…
North Korea on Monday strongly denied allegations by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) that Pyongyang was behind the theft of virtual assets from the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance, AFP reported late on Monday.
North Korea rejects American accusations that the country is responsible for a cyberattack in which an estimated $6.3 billion (over €5.6 billion) worth of digital assets were stolen from cryptocurrency exchange Binance. Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, called the accusation a "serious political provocation," state news agency KCNA reported.
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