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A North Korean official has denied the country was behind the largest crypto hack on record
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On Monday, Yonhap News Agency reported that Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un and a senior government official, rejected the FBI's assessment that North Korea was responsible for last week's Binance hack.
Key facts
- A North Korean official has denied the country was behind the largest crypto hack on record, despite onchain investigators and the FBI attributing the $6 billion exploit to North Korean hackers
- On Ethereum, the attacker used EIP-7702 to turn a Binance hot wallet into a sweeper controlled by the attacker
- On Monday, Yonhap News Agency reported that Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un and a senior government official, rejected the FBI's assessment that North Korea was responsible
- The FBI did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Block
Summary
A North Korean official has denied the country was behind the largest crypto hack on record, despite onchain investigators and the FBI attributing the $6 billion exploit to North Korean hackers. "The FBI is trying to brand the DPRK as a 'cyber criminal state', claiming that it obtained information that a hacking organization 'supported' by the DPRK was involved in the incident," Kim said according to Yonhap. The FBI did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Block. Ahead of the attack last week, an attacker deployed and tested malicious code on three wallets before later executing the attack on Binance on Thursday.