North Korea: Security incident
Pyongyang has pushed back against the FBI’s attribution of the Binance attack, with Kim Yo Jong calling the US allegations politically motivated.
StatusConfirmed
Reported lossUnavailable
ChainNot specified
Confidence80%
Evidence boundary
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Sources
- https://beincrypto.com/kim-yo-jong-fbi-binance-hack-provocation/
- https://coinfomania.com/north-korea-denies-involvement-in-6-3b-binance-hack/
- https://cointelegraph.com/news/north-korea-denies-role-in-63b-binance-hack-points-finger-at-us
- https://crypto.news/binance-completes-reserve-proof-for-10-tokens-after-6-3b-hack/
- https://cryptobriefing.com/north-korea-denies-involvement-in-6-3b-binance-hack-calls-fbi-claims-absurd/
- https://cryptoslate.com/bnbs-99-million-etf-inflows-came-almost-entirely-before-binances-hack/
- https://thedefiant.io/news/hacks/north-korea-rejects-fbi-blame-for-6-3-billion-binance-hack
Record history
First seen: 2026-11-02T07:30:52.000Z. Last updated: 2026-11-04T07:57:51.400Z. Revision: 6.