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The official X account of the Shiba Inu ($SHIB) cryptocurrency project has become the subject of an increasingly heated debate over a possible security compromise.
Concerns were triggered by highly suspicious activity from the profile, which unexpectedly followed the page of an unaffiliated low-cap meme coin and left a public comment under one of its recent posts.
One of the notable $SHIB community figures, "@shibarium_", drew market participants' attention to the critical situation by issuing an emergency warning, or "community alarm." The alert explicitly claimed that the "@Shibtoken" account had been compromised and could no longer be considered a safe, official source of information.
Users were strongly advised to treat any new posts, upcoming airdrops, or links published by the profile as high-risk, potentially fraudulent promotions. According to the warning, this incident aligns with prior reports in which the main account was seen promoting unrelated, low-liquidity assets, raising ongoing systemic concerns.
Sophisticated hack or SMM blunder?
There is currently no consensus within the Shiba Inu community about the root cause. Some members suspect a sophisticated technical hack, a targeted SIM-swap attack, or a leaked database containing the social media team's account credentials.
Others believe the activity may simply be part of an unofficial marketing campaign or a severe internal SMM blunder.
However, verified channels belonging to decentralized Web3 projects of this scale rarely engage in public interactions with speculative, micro-cap digital assets without structured prior announcements.
Shiba Inu officials and core developers have not yet issued any formal press releases or statements confirming or denying that the account was hacked.
Amid the ongoing uncertainty, investors are better to bypass social media channels entirely, verify transaction details directly on the blockchain, and carefully cross-reference them against verified token credentials on the Ethereum network.