- Kim Yo Jong rejected the FBI’s claim that North Korea was behind the $6.3 billion Binance hack, calling the accusation “absurd rhetoric” and a political provocation.
- The FBI attributed the October 29 attack to North Korea’s TraderTraitor group and urged crypto service providers to block transactions linked to the stolen funds.
Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, has rejected allegations that Pyongyang was behind the $6.3 billion hack of cryptocurrency exchange Binance, calling the FBI’s accusation “absurd rhetoric” and a political provocation.
In a statement carried by North Korea’s state news agency KCNA on Tuesday, November 3, Kim accused Washington of trying to portray the country as a “cyber criminal state” by repeatedly linking it to cyberattacks around the world.
She said the allegation was another attempt by the United States to damage North Korea’s international reputation. Kim also said Pyongyang was closely monitoring what she described as continued US provocations.
🚨 JUST IN: Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, has denied North Korea’s involvement in the $6.3 billion Binance hack. She dismissed the FBI’s accusation linking the Binance attack to the North Korean hacking group TraderTraitor as "absurd rhetoric" and a "grave political provocation." The FBI attributed the $6.3 billion theft to North Korea over the weekend. #Binance #NorthKorea #BinanceHack
— TheNewsCrypto (@The_NewsCrypto) November 3, 2026
Her response came three days after the FBI publicly attributed the October 29 theft from Binance to North Korean hacking activity known as TraderTraitor.
FBI Warns Crypto Firms to Block Stolen Funds
In its October 31 advisory, the FBI said North Korea was responsible for stealing more than $6 billion in virtual assets from Binance. The agency identified TraderTraitor as the group behind the attack and said investigators had observed the hackers converting the stolen cryptocurrency primarily into Ethereum (ETH).
The FBI warned that the funds could be moved through decentralised finance (DeFi) platforms and instant cryptocurrency exchange services to make them harder to trace.
The agency also urged cryptocurrency exchanges, blockchain analytics firms and other digital asset service providers to block transactions involving wallet addresses connected to the theft. It published a list of associated addresses to help industry participants identify the funds.
The FBI’s attribution has not been accepted by Pyongyang, which has denied involvement. US President Donald Trump also said investigators were still examining the issue and that he did not know whether North Korea was responsible.
The dispute follows one of the largest reported cryptocurrency thefts, with investigators and industry participants continuing efforts to track the stolen assets.
