Polymarket Hack

In 25th June 2026, the decentralized prediction market platform Polymarket suffered a frontend supply chain attack, resulting in a loss of approximately $3 million in PUSD.

The exploit was carried out via a third-party software dependency rather than an inherent vulnerability in Polymarket’s underlying smart contracts. Attackers compromised an upstream vendor, injecting a malicious wallet-drainer script into the platform’s web interface for a subset of users.

When affected users interacted with the application frontend to make trades or deposits, the injected script manipulated the user-facing interface, replacing legitimate contract interactions with malicious transaction payloads. This tricked users into signing unverified asset approvals or direct transfers through their browser wallet extensions, enabling the attacker to siphon roughly $3 million in PUSD. Polymarket quickly identified the breach, removed the compromised dependency to contain the issue, and committed to fully refunding all impacted users from its platform treasury.