NORTH KOREA SLAMS FBI OVER ALLEGATIONS OF BEING BEHIND BINANCE HACK. (PHOTO).

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  North Korea slams FBI over allegations of being behind Binance hack North Korea has rejected FBI allegations linking it to a reported $6 billion theft from cryptocurrency exchange Binance, with Kim Yo Jong describing the accusation as a "grave political provocation". In a statement carried by the state-run Korean Central News Agency on Tuesday, November 3, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un dismissed the allegation as "absurd rhetoric and nothing new". She referred to previous US accusations connecting North Korea to the major attack on cryptocurrency platform Bybit last year. "It is a grave political provocation against the DPRK that the US misleads the international public opinion as if all the cyber crimes in different parts of the world are our deeds," she said, using the abbreviation for North Korea's official name. The FBI said on Saturday that TraderTraitor, a hacking group it associates with North Korea, was responsible for the Bin...

RUSSIA CLAIMS WIDESPREAD PRESENCE OF FRENCH MILITARY CONTRACTORS IN AFRICA. (PHOTO).


 Russia claims widespread presence of French military contractors in Africa


The Russian Foreign Ministry claims private French military companies (PMCs) operate in 14 African countries with about 100 working internationally.


The ministry said in a statement that those companies are typically led by former gendarmerie officers and, less commonly, by retired intelligence officers, Anadolu Agency reported.


“Currently, these PMCs are active in Ukraine, Brazil, Brunei, India, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait, Malaysia, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, Finland, Switzerland, Estonia, and 14 African countries, including Algeria, Benin, Gabon, Djibouti, Côte d’Ivoire, Mauritania, Nigeria, Morocco, Senegal, Somalia, and Chad,” the statement says.


Most firms are created for limited periods to carry out specific tasks, it noted.


‘Training for combat’


“In the context of the Ukrainian conflict, French PMCs offer services to train Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in Eastern European countries,” it said.


Since 2022, French PMCs have been recruiting volunteers to participate in combat operations in Ukraine, giving priority to personnel on leave from the Foreign Legion, former EU servicemen, and citizens of African states, the ministry claimed.


According to the ministry, coordination of the PMCs is overseen by the Agency for the Dissemination of Technological Information.


The French state determines the priorities of these activities and owns a majority stake through intermediary structures, it said.


French authorities have not reacted to these claims from Russia.

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