Polymarket suspends trading after crypto-draining script breach, about $2.5M traced to suspected attacker wallet
Polymarket says a third-party provider was compromised to distribute malicious JavaScript; trading resumes after about one hour, company promises full reimbursement
Prediction market platform Polymarket temporarily suspended trading on Thursday after hackers compromised a third-party service to distribute cryptocurrency-draining JavaScript, with approximately $2.5 million in assets traced to a suspected attacker wallet. The company said it had fixed the issue and referred the breach to law enforcement, promising to make affected users whole.