Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, has denied the country’s involvement in the $6.3 billion hack of crypto exchange Binance and has suggested, without evidence, that Washington could be behind the theft.
In a statement released via the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Tuesday, Kim rejected the FBI’s attribution of the attack to a hacking organization supported by North Korea.
“The FBI is trying to brand the DPRK as a ‘cyber criminal state’, claiming that it obtained information that a hacking organization ‘supported’ by the DPRK was involved in the incident,” said Kim. “But the US assertion is an absurd rhetoric and nothing new.”
She described the allegations as a political provocation intended to damage North Korea’s international standing. The FBI also blamed North Korea for the $1.5 billion Bybit hack in February 2025, an accusation Kim also rejected in the statement.
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