{
  "id": 17940029,
  "title": "North Korea denies US accusations over $6.3bn Binance crypto hack",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/north-korea-denies-us-accusations-over-6-3bn-binance-crypto-hack",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-03T08:32:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ajel English",
    "slug": "ajel-english",
    "url": "https://english.ajel.sa/lifestyle/ap9vgqy3h"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "North Korea has firmly denied US claims that it orchestrated a $6.3 billion cyber assault on cryptocurrency exchange Binance. Kim Yo Jong, the sister of the North Korean leader, dismissed the accusations as a \"serious political provocation\" in a statement released by the state-run Korean Central News Agency. She further stated that these allegations were an attempt to tarnish North Korea's image in the eyes of the public. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and blockchain analytics firm TRM Labs have both attributed the attack to North Korean hackers from the \"Trader Triter\" group. TRM Labs reported that the cybercriminals moved the bulk of the $6.3 billion within a mere 20 minutes, likely to evade potential freezing. This unprecedented theft eclipses the previous record of $1.5 billion in digital assets stolen from the Bybit exchange in 2025, also linked to the North Korean hacking group.",
  "summary": "North Korea has rejected US allegations that it was behind a $6.3 billion cyberattack on the cryptocurrency exchange Binance.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Tech in Asia",
        "title": "Binance faces $4.7b in outflows after crypto theft",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/binance-faces-4-7b-in-outflows-after-crypto-theft",
        "published": "2026-11-03T03:51:07.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}