Trump: "Will Talk Directly with North Korea if It Is Confirmed to Be Behind Binance Hack"

U.S. President Donald Trump said he would speak directly with North Korea if it is confirmed that Pyongyang was behind the hack of Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange.

On October 31 local time, reporters asked Trump about North Korea and the Binance hack while meeting him at his residence in Mar-a-Lago, Florida. He replied, "We're looking into it. I'm not worried." He added, "I don't know if it was North Korea, but if it was, we'll talk to North Korea about it."

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) previously identified the North Korean hacking group TraderTraitor as being behind the theft of $6 billion in cryptocurrency in the Binance hack.

Trump also suggested the possibility of another attack on Iran that day, saying there were one or two targets left to deal with. He said the United States had neutralized much of Iran's military capability, adding, "There are one or two places we still have to deal with, but we can do it in 10 minutes." He also referred to Pickaxe Mountain, known as one of Iran's major underground nuclear facilities, as a place that needed to be "dealt with," saying, "We can deal with it very quickly." His remarks came amid reports that the United States might strike Iran immediately after the U.S. midterm elections.

Asked about negotiations with Iran through mediators, he said they were "going well," but added, in effect, "They're not very trustworthy, and we'll see whether they reach an agreement."

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