{"id":3553,"date":"2026-10-30T04:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T04:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1newslive.com\/?p=3553"},"modified":"2026-10-30T04:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T04:42:08","slug":"polymarket-paused-international-trading-after-security-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1newslive.com\/?p=3553","title":{"rendered":"Polymarket paused international trading after security issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"prism-article-body\">\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \"><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/polymarket-kalshi-prediction-markets-cftc-774de0d21eba8bf380a68a3ca01f6aaa\">Polymarket<\/a> temporarily halted trading on its international platform Thursday because of a security incident that compromised a third-party provider, the company said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Trading was paused for about an hour and resumed Thursday afternoon. The company has promised to fully reimburse any affected traders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/prediction-markets-kalshi-polymarket-iran-maduro-823b748b446f2fccbbe760b6e60fbab3\">prediction market platform<\/a> said it halted trading \u201cout of an abundance of caution\u201d after identifying and fixing the issue affecting its international platform.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">\u201cWe\u2019ll make this right and are fully reimbursing all affected traders,\u201d the company posted on X once trading had resumed. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Polymarket said it referred the incident to a law enforcement agency in the United Kingdom. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Reports have linked the source of the incident to DebugBear, a UK-based company offering website performance monitoring tools.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">DebugBear&#8217;s own website was unavailable Thursday afternoon and the company posted on X that it was \u201cimpacted by an ongoing security incident.\u201d It also advised clients who were using one of its products to remove the embed code from their websites. The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">It was not immediately clear to what extent traders using the popular prediction market platform were impacted, or the breadth of the impact. The company said anyone who was impacted \u201cwill be made whole.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/US\/wireStory\/polymarket-paused-international-trading-after-security-issue-involving-137687492\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polymarket temporarily halted trading on its international platform Thursday because of a security incident that compromised a third-party provider, the company said. Trading was paused for about an hour and resumed Thursday afternoon. The company has promised to fully reimburse any affected traders. 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