{"id":6989,"date":"2026-11-02T23:02:29","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T23:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/02\/north-korea-slams-fbi-allegations-over-binance-hack-as-grave-provocation\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T23:02:29","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T23:02:29","slug":"north-korea-slams-fbi-allegations-over-binance-hack-as-grave-provocation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/02\/north-korea-slams-fbi-allegations-over-binance-hack-as-grave-provocation\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea slams FBI allegations over Binance hack as \u2018grave\u2019 provocation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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North Korea on Tuesday slammed the FBI\u2019s allegations that Pyongyang was behind the theft of $6 billion from cryptocurrency platform Binance, with Kim Jong Un\u2019s powerful sister labelling it a \u201cgrave political provocation\u201d.<\/p>\n

Kim Yo Jong, in a statement released Tuesday by the KCNA state news agency, said the FBI\u2019s claim was \u201cabsurd rhetoric and nothing new,\u201d given prior US allegations that North Korea was behind last year\u2019s major hack of Bybit.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a grave political provocation against the DPRK that the US misleads the international public opinion as if all the cyber crimes in different parts of the world are our deeds,\u201d Kim said, using the acronym for North Korea\u2019s official name.<\/p>\n

The FBI said on Saturday that a North Korea-affiliated hacking group called TraderTraitor had been behind the hack.<\/p>\n

TraderTraitor is the same group blamed for a $1.5 billion theft from the Bybit platform in February last year, which had been the largest crypto theft until the Binance hack.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a sinister attempt to damage the international image of the DPRK and undermine its dignity and national prestige and another grave violation of the sovereignty of the DPRK,\u201d Kim said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is the consistent policy stand of the DPRK government to resolutely oppose all sorts of malicious acts in cyberspace,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Binance is the world\u2019s largest crypto exchange by daily trading volumes. News of the hacking attack caused the prices of most major cryptocurrencies to fall sharply on Friday.<\/p>\n

After the FBI released its statement on Saturday, US President Donald Trump cast doubt on North Korea\u2019s involvement in the hack.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not concerned. We\u2019re learning about it. We don\u2019t know if it\u2019s North Korea,\u201d Trump told reporters at his residence in Florida.<\/p>\n

Trump has made repeated overtures to nuclear-armed North Korea since returning to office, and said he was open to meeting with supreme leader Kim Jong Un this year.<\/p>\n

Those gestures have been met with silence from Pyongyang.<\/p>\n

Kim Yo Jong, in her statement, said the new allegations \u201cconfirmed Washington\u2019s hostile attitude toward the DPRK once again.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have issues to reconsider in diverse aspects as regards the very unpleasant US hostile attitude,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

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