Polymarket says third-party provider caused reported account breaches

Some Polymarket users reported that their accounts had been breached and drained, which the prediction market blamed on a third-party provider.

Prediction markets platform Polymarket has pinned a series of reported user account breaches on a third-party login tool.

In a post to the company’s Discord on Tuesday, Polymarket said that it had flagged and resolved a security issue that impacted “a small number of users,” after some had reported suspicious activity on their accounts.

“The issue was caused by a vulnerability introduced by a third-party authentication provider,” Polymarket said. “Polymarket takes security extremely seriously, and the issue has been remediated.”

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