COINTELEGRAPH · 2026-11-02 23:09 UTC

North Korea denies role in $6.3B Binance hack, points finger at US

North Korea's Kim Yo Jong denied involvement in the $6.3B Binance hack and $1.5B Bybit hack, rejecting FBI attribution to North Korean-supported hackers. Kim suggested without evidence that the US could be behind the attacks, calling FBI allegations a political provocation. Blockchain investigators at TRM Labs and others attributed the Binance hack to North Korea's TraderTraitor group based on blockchain activity and transaction patterns matching earlier North Korean thefts.

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