{
  "id": 17916403,
  "title": "Digital currencies: North Korea calls US accusations of crypto theft \"absurd\"",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/digitalwahrungen-nordkorea-nennt-us-vorwurfe-zu-krypto-raub-absurd",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-03T05:20:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/digitalwaehrungen-nordkorea-nennt-us-vorwuerfe-zu-krypto-raub-absurd/100266808.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "North Korea has denied US accusations that it was behind a massive theft of several billion dollars from the cryptocurrency exchange Binance. Kim Yo Jong, sister of leader Kim Jong Un, called the allegations \"absurd\" and a \"serious political provocation\". The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) claimed last week that a North Korea-backed hacking group was involved in the attack, which is believed to have resulted in losses of over $6 billion. North Korean hackers have been linked to numerous cryptocurrency platform attacks in recent years, with the stolen funds allegedly used to finance the country's weapons programs.",
  "summary": "In the Binance attack, cryptocurrencies worth more than six billion dollars are said to have been stolen. The FBI suspects North Korea is behind it; how Kim Yo Jong reacts to the accusation.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}