Add as a preferred source on GoogleHe Yi Rejects Online Claim Linking Binance Engineer to North Korean Agent
He Yi said ZachXBT had not made the claim. AlphaWire had posted the unverified allegation, and its post drew more than 220,000 views.
Binance co-CEO He Yi rejected an online allegation tying a company engineer to a North Korean agent after the exchange's hot-wallet breach, saying ZachXBT had not made the claim.
AlphaWire's post described an unverified scenario involving an alleged relationship between a Binance DevOps employee and a North Korean agent. The post also relayed an unverified allegation that the employee left a laptop unattended on the day of the attack. The post had drawn more than 220,000 views.
The claim followed Binance's Oct. 29 hot-wallet breach, which the exchange estimated caused $6.3 billion in losses.
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