Polymarket returns $3.9 million to hacked users
Polymarket will refund $3.9 million to affected users after a site compromise, with 95% of wallets refunded in full as of Saturday.
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Polymarket Returns $3.9 Million to Traders After DNS Hijack
Polymarket returns $3.9 million to traders after a DNS compromise at DebugBear enabled malicious JavaScript to steal assets from logged-in sessions.
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Hackers steal $2.7 million from Polymarket via hijacked DebugBear script
Malicious DebugBear script replaced on Polymarket stole $2.64 million from 726 traders; exchange refunding $3.9 million total.
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Polymarket halts international trading after third-party compromise
Trading on Polymarket.com resumed after nearly an hour; the US platform was not affected and the company promised reimbursement.
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Fake Polymarket sites sold by traffer teams rig bets and block withdrawals
Insikt Group says affiliates get turnkey sites and crypto payouts while operators set each victim’s win chance.
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Fake Polymarket platforms claim nearly $11 million in crypto deposits
Insikt Group says three Russian-language teams sell fake Polymarket and Kalshi sites; the deposit totals are the operators’ unverified claims.
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Polymarket confirms third-party compromise after trading outage
Blockchain firms allege more than $2.1 million was siphoned; Hudson Rock names DebugBear, which Polymarket has not confirmed.
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Polymarket traders drained after DebugBear monitoring script compromised
Trading on the international site paused for about an hour on October 29, and Polymarket says affected users will be reimbursed.
Polymarket halts trading after third-party compromise, pledges full reimbursement
Users report unauthorized withdrawals and zero balances; the provider, loss totals, and access path remain undisclosed.
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Polymarket users report stolen funds after third-party script compromise
Hudson Rock says malicious JavaScript from a DebugBear address reused logged-in sessions; $2.7 million across 710 wallets is an outside estimate.
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Binance pauses withdrawals amid suspected theft from crypto wallets
Circle froze about $800 million and Tether about $1.56 billion; watcher estimates of billions stolen are unconfirmed.
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Polymarket halts trading after crypto-draining script breach, $2.5M traced
Hudson Rock linked a wallet in DebugBear-hosted JavaScript to about 28.6 million POL, roughly $2.57 million.
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Polymarket paused international trading after a vendor breach
A UK third-party provider was breached; trading resumed and Polymarket says affected traders will be refunded.
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Social post claims Polymarket was hacked; snippet lacks details
The available Hacker News text shows only 23 points and seven comments, with no incident description.
Utah charges Kalshi and executives with promoting online gambling
The 14 counts include 12 for illegal promotion and follow civil suits by several states as the CFTC claims exclusive jurisdiction.
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Traffer teams sell fake prediction-market fraud kits
AtlasCore, PolyFucked, and Magnetic Team supply scam sites, panels, and crypto payouts; deposit totals are unverified.
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Listing text predicts Polymarket volume but not later dispute risk well
On 802,863 resolved markets, log-volume R² is 0.747, while dispute ranking reaches AUC 0.78 at a 0.31% base rate.