Polymarket confirmed that hackers had injected malicious codes into their websites following the invasion of third-party suppliers, resulting in the theft of some user funds. The Platform stated that it had taken control of the issues and had begun to contact affected users and commit to a full refund.
Events
The platform indicated on X that the attack came from a third-party link and that the malicious code affected only “partial users”. As of Thursday afternoon, the full details of the invasion remained unknown.
Known losses
Polymarket spoke to TechCrunch confirming that user funds had been stolen, but no additional information had been disclosed. Peck Shield, the block chain monitoring agency, also claimed that the fishing activities had resulted in a loss of approximately $3 million in encrypted currency.
Scope of impact
A chain analyst also made a similar determination, stating that the loss was from more than 11 victims. Polymarket provides encrypted currency settlement, which also allows direct access to the security of user assets.