Morning Edition · Sunday, June 28, 2026
Polymarket Hack Revised Upward to $3.1 Million as Smaller Exploits Pile Up
The prediction-market platform raised its loss estimate days after promising full refunds, while researchers recorded a series of smaller thefts.
Polymarket, the prediction-market platform, revised the loss from a recent hack upward to $3.1 million, according to CoinDesk, days after it told users it would fully reimburse them. The platform is separately under investigation in connect…
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