Polymarket Rejects Dark Web Claims of Massive Data Breach
Tech Polymarket Rejects Dark Web Claims of Massive Data Breach The platform said the information mentioned by the so-called attacker was already publicly available through its APIs and on-chain blockchain data, not the result of unauthorized access. Polymarket also rejected claims that it lacked a bug bounty program. Security researchers also questioned the breach allegations, with some suggesting the data may have been scraped from public sources rather than leaked from internal systems. Polymarket Denies Leak Prediction markets platform denied allegations that it suffered a customer data breach after claims surfaced on dark web forums that a hacker stole private user information. The controversy began when cybersecurity monitoring accounts and security researchers screenshots from DarkForums showing a user operating under the pseudonym “xorcat” claiming responsibility for the supposed breach. According to the post, the hacker alleged that more than 300,000 records were obtained, including around 10,000 unique user profiles. The claimed data reportedly included full names, profile images, proxy wallet information, and base addresses. These claims quickly attracted attention from the crypto community, particularly because the industry recently experienced an increase in cyberattacks, scams, and . Polymarket publicly and dismissed the allegations, calling the breach claims “complete and utter nonsense.” The company stated that the information referenced