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Polymarket halts trading after third-party security incident

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 29 Oct, 21:21 · Archive

Polymarket paused its international platform for about an hour Thursday after a security incident involving a third-party provider.

Polymarket temporarily halted trading on its international platform Thursday because of a security incident that compromised a third-party provider. Trading was paused for about an hour and resumed Thursday afternoon. The prediction market platform said it halted trading 'out of an abundance of caution' after identifying and fixing the issue.

Reports have linked the source of the incident to DebugBear, a UK-based company offering website performance monitoring tools. DebugBear's own website was unavailable Thursday afternoon and the company posted on X that it was 'impacted by an ongoing security incident'. DebugBear advised clients using one of its products to remove the embed code from their websites.

Polymarket said it referred the incident to a law enforcement agency in the United Kingdom. The company posted on X that it would 'make this right and are fully reimbursing all affected traders'. It was not immediately clear to what extent traders were impacted, though the company said anyone affected 'will be made whole'.

Polymarket halts trading after third-party security incident
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