N. Korea slams FBI allegations over Binance hack as ‘grave’ provocation

SEOUL: North Korea on Tuesday slammed the FBI’s allegations that Pyongyang was behind the theft of $6 billion from cryptocurrency platform Binance, with Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister labelling it a “grave political provocation.” Kim Yo Jong, in a statement released Tuesday by the KCNA state news agency, said the FBI’s claim was “absurd rhetoric and nothing new,” given prior…