North Korea today, Tuesday, rejected claims by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) that it was responsible for a $6.3 billion hack targeting the cryptocurrency platform Binance, affirming that it "opposes" cyberattacks.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s sister, Kim Yo Jong, said in a statement carried by the North Korean Central News Agency on Tuesday that the FBI’s claim was nothing more than "ridiculous rhetoric that offers nothing new," after Washington had also previously accused her of being behind the major hack of the Bybit platform last year.
The statement added that "the United States' misleading of international public opinion by suggesting that all cybercrimes
in the world are our doing is a serious political provocation against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea".
On Saturday, the FBI accused North Korea of being behind the theft, blaming a group of North Korean hackers known as "TraderTraitor".
The group is the same one the FBI accused of stealing $1.5 billion from the Bybit platform in February 2025, which was then considered the largest cryptocurrency heist.
The TraderTraitor group is part of the Lazarus Group, which is linked to North Korean intelligence agencies. Lazarus gained notoriety in 2014, when it was accused of hacking Sony Pictures Entertainment in retaliation for the satirical film The Interview, which is about North Korea.
Kim Yo Jong added: "This is a malicious attempt to damage the international image of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and undermine its national dignity and prestige, and is yet another grave violation of the country's sovereignty."
She continued: "The firm political stance of the Government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is to resolutely oppose all forms of malicious activity in cyberspace
