Polymarket Hack: Trading Halted After a Third-Party Provider Breach

Polymarket halted trading on October 29 after users reported funds leaving their accounts. Shortly after, the team confirmed that attackers compromised one of its third-party providers on Polymarket.com, its international platform. Polymarket promises to make everyone impacted whole and has referred the case to law enforcement. That’s the short answer. However, a lot is still unclear. Here’s what we know, what we don’t, and what I’d do right now as a Polymarket user. What Happened on Polymarket Today The first warnings came from Polymarket’s own community. Around 17:48 UTC, users in the Polymarket Discord said the frontend looked compromised.