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

Published Nov 3, 2026 7:16 am KST

Kim Yo-jong, a sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, attends a wreath-laying ceremony at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, Vietnam, March 2, 2019. AP-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 $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. 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.

发布于2026年11月3日 上午7:16（韩国标准时间）

2019年3月2日，朝鲜领导人金正恩的妹妹金与正出席在越南河内胡志明陵举行的敬献花圈仪式。（美联社-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，称其为“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）周六发布的声明发表了上述评论。该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。