Kim Yo Jong rejects US talks following Binance hack accusations

The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un dismissed claims that her country was involved in the $6.3bn heist, calling the investigation a sign of American hostility.

By Divyansh Mishra, YourKhabri DeskNov 3, 2026, 11:47 PM UTC1 min readBinanceNorth KoreaCybersecurityRegulation

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Key takeaways

1Kim Yo Jong dismissed US accusations regarding the Binance hack as a political provocation.
2The Binance breach resulted in the theft of $6.3bn, the largest crypto heist in history.
3North Korean actors allegedly opened 12,000 wallets to facilitate the movement of stolen funds.

Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, rejected dialogue with the United States on 3 November 2026. In a statement reported by Reuters, she described recent accusations linking North Korea to a large hack on the Binance exchange as a sign of American hostility. She said the country has no need to meet with what she described as unreliable and hostile persons from the US government.

Kim called the US investigation into the hack the tip of the iceberg of a wider policy against North Korea. The statement follows allegations that North Korean state-sponsored actors were behind the theft of digital assets from Binance. North Korea has denied any involvement in the incident and maintains that the US is using the event to justify further sanctions or diplomatic pressure on the country.

The Binance breach is the largest crypto heist on record, with approximately $6.3bn stolen. Earlier reporting by YourKhabri on 2 November said that attackers used a sophisticated system to open about 12,000 wallets, creating a new one every 25 seconds to move the funds. Binance is the largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, and the scale of this loss has drawn intense scrutiny from international regulators and intelligence agencies.

The refusal to talk suggests a further breakdown in diplomatic relations between Washington and Pyongyang over cyber security. Traders and security analysts will watch for whether the US Department of Justice or the SEC files formal charges or seeks to freeze more linked assets. The incident shows the persistent risk of state-level actors in the crypto market and the difficulty of recovering funds once they are moved through thousands of individual wallets.

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