Hackers Steal About $2.7 Million From Polymarket Traders via Hijacked DebugBear Script

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Summary by Cyber Security News1 Nov 2026, 08:25 CET

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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.

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