# Trump at odds with his own FBI as president disputes agency’s assertion that North Korea was behind ‘biggest hack in history’… while president risks being made to look like a fool by ‘Little Rocket Man’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/trump-at-odds-with-his-own-fbi-as-president-disputes-agencys-assertion-that-north-korea-was-behind-biggest-hack-in-history-while-president-risks-being-made-to-look-like-a-fool-by-little-roc/
- Published: 2026-11-01T06:05:44+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-01T08:38:35+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16255969/donald-trump-fbi-north-korea-binance-hack.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Asia, Cybersecurity, Government, Politics, Space, Technology, World

## Key points

- FBI blamed a North Korean group for the Binance hack.
- Trump said the US was still checking who was responsible.
- Binance put the impact at about $6.3 billion.

## Summary

The FBI attributed a major hack targeting cryptocurrency exchange Binance to TraderTraitor, a North Korean cyber group, but President Donald Trump said his administration was still investigating and did not know whether North Korea was responsible. His remarks appeared to diverge from the agency’s public assessment, as he said the US would speak to North Korea if its involvement were confirmed.

Binance estimated the incident’s impact at about $6.3 billion and said it had replaced 90 per cent of the stolen cryptocurrency, with the remaining tokens taking longer to acquire because they were less liquid. The FBI links TraderTraitor to the Lazarus Group, which has been accused of earlier cyberattacks; a UN panel reported in 2024 that cyberattacks generated about half of North Korea’s foreign currency income. Binance said customers’ assets were safe and that it would cover the losses.

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