Polymarket Faces Major Security Challenges as Hackers Drain Millions from User Accounts

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Polymarket Faces Major Security Challenges as Hackers Drain Millions from User Accounts

Binance and Polymarket are grappling with separate hacks

10/30/2026

Binance is investigating a hack potentially worth billions, while Polymarket said it would reimburse users affected by a separate security breach.

CryptoSlate

Polymarket suffers second multimillion-dollar security breach in just four months

10/30/2026

June's reported theft and October's recovered code reveal recurring exposure inside the trading interface, while broader security changes remain unclear. Read the full story on...

WIRED

Polymarket Halted International Trading After Hackers Drained Accounts

10/29/2026

The company says an unnamed third-party provider was compromised. Trading has resumed, and Polymarket says affected traders will be made whole.

The Wall Street Journal

Hackers Swipe Millions From Polymarket Users in Latest Security Breach

10/29/2026

Traders who lost money on the incident will be "made whole," the prediction-markets platform said.

Polymarket Suspends Trading Amid Security Breach Investigation and User Losses

Economic Times

Polymarket paused international trading after a security issue involving a third-party provider

10/30/2026

Trading was paused for about an hour and resumed Thursday afternoon. The company has promised to fully reimburse any affected traders.

CoinDesk

Polymarket suspends trading after third-party breach leads to user losses

10/29/2026

Polymarket said one of its third-party providers was breached after users reported seeing their accounts drained.

Cointelegraph

Polymarket suspended trading amid reports of user funds being drained

10/29/2026

The prediction markets platform halted trading on Thursday after it reported one of its third party providers had been compromised.

The Washington Post

Polymarket pauses international trading after outside vendor’s security issue

10/29/2026

The prediction market halted trading for roughly an hour Thursday after a software vendor was compromised.

Bloomberg

Polymarket Stops Trades Following Security Breach, Cites User Losses

10/29/2026

Polymarket stopped trading on its international exchange on Thursday after it said that a third-party software provider was compromised.

The Information

Polymarket Halts Some Trading After Users Report Hacks

10/29/2026

Polymarket suspended trading on its prediction markets app outside the U.S. after one of the company’s vendors was "compromised" in an apparent hacking attempt that some customers said drained...

The Crypto Times

Polymarket Restores Trading After Major Security-Related Outage

10/29/2026

Polymarket restored trading after a third-party security incident disrupted its international platform, promising full reimbursement for affected users.

Decrypt

Polymarket Pauses Trading as Prediction Market Investigates Security Incident

10/29/2026

Polymarket restricted trading and paused relayer actions as users report funds leaving their accounts. A suspected attacker wallet holds about $2.65 million in POL, per Arkham data.