Polymarket Faces Security Crisis: Trading Suspended After User Funds Compromised

10/30/2026

Polymarket opened trading again on its international exchange on October 29, 2026, after being forced to shut down for a short time due to a compromised monitoring script. The exchange stopped...

10/29/2026

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

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.

10/29/2026

Predictions markets platform Polymarket was forced to halt trading on its international platform for an hour after a vendor was compromised.

10/29/2026

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

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...

10/29/2026

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

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.

10/29/2026

Existing orders can still be canceled, but new buy and sell orders are blocked. A trader reported an $800,000 account drain.... Read the full story at The Defiant

10/29/2026

The platform blamed a compromised third-party provider but kept trading halted while it worked to restore service.... Read the full story at The Defiant

10/30/2026

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

10/29/2026

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

10/29/2026

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