The Shiba Inu development team has frozen 4.6 million BONE tokens after blockchain security firm PeckShield identified a sophisticated attack targeting the Shibarium bridge 0 security breach prompted immediate action from developers to protect community assets and prevent further 1 Kaal Dhairya confirmed the incident following PeckShield's alert about suspicious activity on the 2 attackers executed a flash loan exploit to acquire 4.6 million BONE tokens through compromised validator signing 3 attack method allowed the hackers to gain majority control over the bridge system and attempt asset drainage from the Shibarium 4 stolen tokens remained locked due to their delegation to Validator 1 and existing staking 5 technical limitation gave the development team a crucial window to implement emergency 6 team immediately suspended staking functions and initiated comprehensive security protocols to contain the 7 Response and Security Measures Shiba Inu developers transferred stake manager funds to a hardware wallet secured through multisignature 8 team launched a thorough audit of all validator keys to assess the extent of the compromise and identify potential vulnerabilities within the system 9 stolen tokens were delegated to Validator 1
however they stayed locked due to staking restrictions and this allowed the Shiba Inu team to freeze the 10 technical safeguard proved instrumental in preventing the complete loss of community 11 firms Hexens Seal 911
and PeckShield are collaborating with the Shiba Inu team to investigate the 12 enforcement authorities have been notified about the 13 development team made an unconventional offer to negotiate with the attackers promising no legal action and offering a bounty reward in exchange for returning the stolen 14 Impact and Ecosystem Implications At the time of writing BONE is trading at $0.2014 showing an increase of 22.22% over the last 24 hours following news of the frozen tokens and successful containment 15 market response suggests investor confidence in the team's ability to manage security threats 16 price
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