North Korea denies role in Binance hack after FBI accusation
North Korea has denied US accusations that it was behind last week's hack of crypto platform Binance, in which over 5.6 billion euros in digital assets were stolen. Kim Yo-jong, sister of leader Kim Jong-un, called the claim "absurd rhetoric." The FBI stated over the weekend that North Korea was responsible for the theft, calling it the largest financial heist ever. The US security agency said a North Korean hacker unit converted stolen bitcoins into ethereum, with further laundering steps potentially following. Kim Yo-jong dismissed the accusation as a "serious political provocation," claiming the US misleads global opinion by blaming all cybercrime on North Korea. She referenced an earlier FBI accusation linking Pyongyang to a 1.5 billion dollar ByBit hack.