# He Yi Rejects Online Claim Linking Binance Engineer to North Korean Agent By Simon Yoon Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/45947 Published: 2026-11-01T17:32:32.000Z Updated: 2026-11-01T17:32:32.000Z Section: Technology > 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. ## Links in this article - [hot-wallet breach](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/45648)