Polymarket Restores Trading After DebugBear Third-Party Security Incident
TechNadu · x · 2026-10-30
Prediction market Polymarket briefly halted and has now restored trading following a security incident at DebugBear, its third-party performance monitoring provider, Reuters reports.
- DebugBear urged customers of its Real User Monitoring (RUM) product to immediately strip embedded code from their sites
- Polymarket confirmed the issue was resolved and referred the matter to UK law enforcement
- The platform committed to fully reimbursing traders affected by the disruption
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