'Absurd rhetoric': North Korea fires back at US over $6.3 billion Binance crypto heist claims

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), commonly known as North Korea, dismissed the United States' allegation that it orchestrated the massive cryptocurrency theft from Binance as "absurd rhetoric." This claim is not new, according to North Korea's state news agency, KCNA. The FBI disclosed at the end of last week that North Korea was behind the theft of over $6 billion in digital assets from the Binance exchange, potentially the most significant financial heist in history.

KCNA cited Kim Yo Jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, insisting that the US was attempting to portray North Korea as a "cybercriminal state." The agency claimed that the US had falsely asserted that a hacking organization, supposedly backed by North Korea, was involved in the incident.

Kim Yo Jong's statement emphasized that the US was engaging in political provocation against North Korea by misleading international public opinion, as if all cybercrimes worldwide were caused by North Korea.