# North Korea calls US claims over Binance heist ‘absurd rhetoric,’ KCNA says

https://mins.news/en/item/126231

- Reuters, 2026-11-02 23:05 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/north-korea-says-claims-linking-it-binance-heist-are-absurd-rhetoric-kcna-says-2026-11-02/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6ae91723401f6f00010d1c28

> North Korea said on Tuesday that US allegations it was behind the cryptocurrency theft from Binance amounted to “absurd rhetoric” and were nothing new, state news agency KCNA reported.

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