N. Korean leader's sister blasts FBI's crypto theft probe as 'political provocation'

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SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Yonhap) -- North Korea denounced Tuesday U.S. investigation findings on its alleged cryptocurrency theft as a "grave political provocation" that reinforces Washington's hostile policy toward Pyongyang.

Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of the North's leader Kim Jong-un made the comments citing the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)'s announcement Saturday blaming the regime for stealing more than US$6 billion in cryptocurrency from Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange.

"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 in a dispatch carried by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). DPRK is short for the North's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

"It is a grave political provocation against the DPRK that the U.S. misleads the international public opinion as if all the cyber crimes in different parts of the world are our deeds," she said.

Kim Yo-jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. (Yonhap) ▲▲

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首尔，11月3日（韩联社）——朝鲜周二谴责美国对其涉嫌加密货币盗窃案的调查结果是“严重的政治挑衅”，强化了华盛顿对平壤的敌对政策。

朝鲜领导人金正恩的妹妹金与正援引美国联邦调查局（FBI）周六的声明发表了上述评论。FBI 声明指责朝鲜政权从全球最大的加密货币交易所币安窃取了超过 60 亿美元的加密货币。

金在朝中社发布的一份声明中表示：“美国联邦调查局试图将朝鲜民主主义人民共和国（DPRK）贴上‘网络犯罪国家’的标签，声称他们掌握的信息表明，一个受朝鲜民主主义人民共和国‘支持’的黑客组织参与了此次事件。” DPRK是朝鲜正式国名“朝鲜民主主义人民共和国”（DPRK）的简称。

“美国误导国际舆论，把世界各地发生的网络犯罪都说成是我们的所作所为，这是对朝鲜的严重政治挑衅，”她说。

金与正，朝鲜领导人金正恩的妹妹。 （韩联社）▲▲

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（导语）特朗普称，如果币安黑客事件是朝鲜所为，美国将与朝鲜对话。

美国联邦调查局称，朝鲜应对币安超过60亿美元的加密货币盗窃案负责。

（第二部分）美国公司称，朝鲜黑客被指控窃取了创纪录的63.6亿美元币安加密货币。

朝鲜领导人妹妹抨击FBI对加密货币盗窃案的调查是“政治挑衅”