Third-Party Breach at Polymarket Leads to $2.94M Crypto Theft

Polymarket confirmed a third-party vendor was breached, enabling attackers to inject malicious code into its site and drain user wallets; blockchain researchers estimated the theft at $2.94M and observed the attacker move funds from Polygon to Ethereum and convert them to 1,893 ETH. The company says the incident is contained and will reimburse users, but technical details of the compromise have not yet been disclosed.