Polymarket to reimburse $3 million lost in supply-chain attack via third-party vendor
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Polymarket suffered a supply-chain attack where malicious JavaScript was injected into its frontend through a compromised third-party vendor, resulting in approximately $3 million in customer losses. The company confirmed its backend systems were not breached and stated it will fully reimburse affected users.
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bskyPolymarket to reimburse $3 million lost in supply-chain attack via third-party vendorhendryadrian.comKey quotes
· 2 pulledPolymarket says it will fully reimburse customers who lost about $3 million after a malicious script was injected into its frontend through a third-party vendor compromise.
The incident was a supply-chain attack that affected a website dependency, while Polymarket's backend systems were not breached.
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