Upbit Freezes Withdrawals After Users Receive $250 in Fake Aptos Tokens

Upbit, a major Korean exchange, froze withdrawals after a scam token airdrop was mistaken for legitimate Aptos tokens.
The scam token "ClaimAPT" was airdropped to 400k wallets. Upbit's system misidentified it due to a typo.
Affected users received around $250 in scam tokens. If decimal was higher, could have been $25k.
Upbit has resumed service but warns of pricing differences.
The APT token has ~$1.2B market cap. The incident could have caused major disruption.

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