The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK/North Korea) has denied an FBI charge that it was responsible for the hack of cryptocurrency exchange Binance, which stole $6 billion in cryptocurrency. Kim Yu-jong, deputy director of the Workers' Party of Korea's Publicity and Information Department, called the FBI's accusation "absurd rhetoric" and cited it as an example of the United States' continuing hostility toward the DPRK. Kim Yo Jong rejected the US." Accusing the DPRK of being a "cyber criminal state" and calling the allegation a "serious political provocation." “The theft of approximately $6 billion in cryptocurrency from the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange would be one of the largest financial thefts ever recorded.