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Shiba Inu Influencer Raises Alarm About Scam Using Real SHIB Token – Here’s How

Shiba Inu influencer Susbarium has issued an alert to the SHIB Army about an ongoing phishing ￰0￱ influencer explained how these scammers carry out the scam using real SHIB ￰1￱ Inu Influencer Warns About Phishing Scam Involving SHIB In an X post , the Shiba Inu influencer warned that there is a phishing scam using real SHIB tokens , where it has been adirdropped to ￰2￱ further revealed that the scammers attach a deceptive message urging users to click on a phishing link to claim ￰3￱ influencer stated that it is a phishing scam and that while the token itself may be valid, the message is designed to lure users into connecting their wallets to a fake ￰4￱ Shiba Inu influencer remarked that these scammers are exploiting SHIB’s legitimacy to gain the trust of token ￰5￱ again explained how the airdropped token includes a fake site urging users to claim their rewards.

However, this site is not affiliated with the official Shiba Inu ecosystem as the phishing scam ￰6￱ influencer added that those who connect their wallets may end up losing their assets or having their wallet security ￰7￱ how to stay safe, Susbarium urged Shiba Inu holders to ignore any embedded messages in token names or ￰8￱ SHIB influencer further warned holders never to visit unknown websites promoted through unsolicited tokens and advised them to verify all token activity through the official Shiba Inu ￰9￱ those who may have already clicked on the phishing link, the influencer shared a link for holders to revoke token ￰10￱ Shiba Inu influencer urged the SHIB Army to “protect the pack” and also inform other SHIB holders of this phishing ￰11￱ remarked that there will be fewer victims with more eyes on the ￰12￱ Security Fix in the SHIB Ecosystem Notably, this development follows the recent exploit on Shiba Inu’s layer-2 Shibarium, which drained over $4 million in assets.

However, the team announced that they have contained the situation by isolating the risk and hardening Shibarium ￰13￱ part of the move to tighten security on the layer-2 network, the team also migrated ownership of over critical contracts to hardware custody. Meanwhile, all validator signer keys have been rotated, and blacklisting has been added to staking ￰14￱ the sum that was exploited, the Shiba Inu team neutralized the 4.6 million BONE delegation from the attacker through controlled contract upgrades and state ￰15￱ team tested this on Devnet Puppynet, and Hexens reviewed ￰16￱ to this move, activity on the network has been fully ￰17￱ the time of writing, the Shiba Inu price is trading at around $0.00001219, up in the last 24 hours, according to data from CoinMarketCap.

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