Hackers Steal About $2.7 Million From Polymarket Traders via Hijacked DebugBear Script
At a glance
- Severity
- Low
- Used in attacks
- No flaws named
- Reported by
- 1 outlet
Malicious code on the website of prediction market Polymarket sold some signed-in traders' positions and moved their funds to the hackers on October 29. The code had replaced a page-speed script that the site loaded from an outside company. Polymarket says it is refunding about $2.7 million to 726 affected wallets. Blockchain records show crypto worth about $2.64 million reached…
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2026-11-01 07:25 UTC
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