Polymarket Halted International Trading After Hackers Drained Accounts

Save this storySave this storyTrading has resumed on Polymarket’s flagship international platform after a hack that drained money from the wallets of some traders.

在黑客从部分交易者的钱包中窃取资金后，Polymarket 的旗舰国际平台已恢复交易。

A third-party vendor based in the United Kingdom was breached, not the prediction market’s website itself. Law enforcement in the UK have been notified of the incident, the company said. Trading was initially paused while the company investigated for several hours.

此次遭到入侵的是一家位于英国的第三方供应商，而非预测市场网站本身。该公司表示，已将此事件通知英国执法部门。在公司进行数小时调查期间，交易曾一度暂停。

On X, prominent traders complained that they had lost money; blockchain analytics firm Bubblemaps reported that around 700 users appeared to have been affected, with approximately $2.7 million stolen. Polymarket declined to comment when WIRED asked how many traders were impacted by the breach and how much money was lost, but the company said it will refund impacted traders.

在 X 平台上，知名交易者纷纷抱怨自己损失了资金；区块链分析公司 Bubblemaps 报告称，约有 700 名用户受到影响，被盗金额约为 270 万美元。当《连线》（WIRED）询问受影响的交易者人数及损失金额时，Polymarket 拒绝置评，但表示将向受影响的交易者退款。

The hack did not impact users on Polymarket US, the company’s newer platform for people within the United States. Polymarket runs two separate prediction markets; Polymarket US operates as a federally regulated financial exchange within the country, while the flagship Polymarket is a cryptocurrency-based platform that is banned in the United States and a number of other countries.

此次黑客攻击并未影响 Polymarket US 的用户，这是该公司为美国境内用户提供的较新平台。Polymarket 运营着两个独立的预测市场；Polymarket US 作为受联邦监管的金融交易所，在美国境内运营，而旗舰平台 Polymarket 则是一个基于加密货币的平台，在美国及其他多个国家被禁止使用。

This is not the first time that Polymarket traders have experienced security woes. In June 2026, Polymarket experienced another breach, which resulted in over $2 million in losses for impacted traders.

这并非 Polymarket 交易者首次遭遇安全问题。2026 年 6 月，Polymarket 曾发生另一起入侵事件，导致受影响的交易者损失超过 200 万美元。

The company has been a lightning rod for controversy since its 2020 launch. In the past few years, it has been the center of several high-profile alleged insider trading incidents resulting in arrests. One case involved a Special Forces soldier accused of wagering on the capture of Venezuela’s former leader; another involved a Google employee who allegedly used confidential information to make millions. In both cases, the suspects have pleaded not guilty.

自 2020 年推出以来，该公司一直处于争议的中心。过去几年中，它曾卷入多起备受瞩目的涉嫌内幕交易事件，并导致相关人员被捕。其中一起案件涉及一名特种部队士兵，他被指控就委内瑞拉前领导人被捕一事进行投注；另一起案件涉及一名谷歌员工，据称他利用机密信息获利数百万美元。在这两起案件中，嫌疑人均表示不认罪。

Polymarket recently raised $1 billion in August 2026, with a fundraising round led by 1789 Capital, the venture capital firm where Donald Trump Jr. is a partner. It is now valued at $21 billion.

Polymarket 最近在 2026 年 8 月筹集了 10 亿美元资金，此轮融资由小唐纳德·特朗普担任合伙人的风险投资公司 1789 Capital 领投。该公司目前的估值为 210 亿美元。