Kim Yo Jong rejects FBI claim over Binance crypto theft

Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, rejected the FBI’s accusation that North Korea was responsible for a theft of more than $6 billion in cryptocurrency from Binance, calling the attribution a political provocation. In a statement carried by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency on Tuesday, Kim said the United States was trying to portray the country as a cybercriminal state. She denied North Korean involvement and accused Washington of linking the country to cybercrimes around the world. Her remarks respond to an FBI announcement that attributed the theft to North Korea. The FBI also linked the theft to TraderTraitor, a hacking group it identified as North Korean. The attribution is an official accusation, not an independently established finding in the accounts of the case. The sources do not provide forensic evidence resolving who carried out the theft. Binance said Friday that hackers stole more than $6 billion in cryptocurrency. The amount has also been reported as $6.3 billion, a more precise description of the same theft. One report described it as potentially the largest cryptocurrency heist on record. President Donald Trump said...