Polymarket trading halted after vendor compromise; impacted users will be ‘made whole’

Polymarket halted trading on its international platform for nearly an hour this Thursday following a third-party vendor compromise. The predictions markets platform confirmed the disruption and stated that impacted users will be made whole. Meanwhile, on-chain sleuths and users have reported that current losses exceed $2.6 million. The incident forced a temporary suspension of activities to address the security breach and manage the financial impact resulting from the compromise of the external vendor.