The Canada Brief

World · 14 h ago

Pyongyang skyline, North Korea

Jan Engelhardt · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

North Korea fires missiles and rejects US claims it hacked Binance

South Korea's military said several missiles were launched Wednesday from the Sondok area toward the Sea of Japan. It was North Korea's fourth such launch in a month.

"We have no need to sit face to face with such unreliable and hostile persons."

— Kim Yo-jong, sister of Kim Jong-un

What we know

  • FBI blames a group called TraderTraitor
  • North Korea denies any role

Not yet

  • What the launches involved

The FBI says North Korean hackers stole more than US$6 billion from Binance, which Pyongyang denies.