Polymarket paused international trading after a vendor breach
Original title: Polymarket Halted International Trading After Hackers Drained Accounts
A UK third-party provider was breached; trading resumed and Polymarket says affected traders will be refunded.
Polymarket halted its flagship international prediction market after hackers drained some traders’ wallets through a compromised third-party vendor in the United Kingdom, not the site itself. Trading resumed after several hours, UK law enforcement was notified, and the company said impacted traders will be made whole. Polymarket US was not affected. Bubblemaps estimated about 700 users and roughly $2.7 million stolen; Polymarket declined to confirm those figures.
Unconfirmed: The roughly 700 users and $2.7 million figure comes from Bubblemaps and was not confirmed by Polymarket.
- This follows a June 2026 breach that the company said cost traders over $2 million.
- Polymarket US, its US-regulated exchange, was not impacted.
- Polymarket would not say how many traders or how much money was lost.
- The company raised $1 billion in August 2026 and is valued at $21 billion.
Impact: Trader wallet funds stolen via a third-party vendor
- Products
- PolymarketPolymarket US
- Victims
- Polymarket
- Organizations
- Bubblemaps
- Countries
- United KingdomUnited States
From the original article
2 min read at wired.com
The company says an unnamed third-party provider was compromised. Trading has resumed, and Polymarket says affected traders will be made whole. Trading has resumed on Polymarket’s flagship international platform after a hack that drained money from the wallets of some traders.
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