Polymarket Rejects Claims of 300K Data Breach
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Threat actor "xorcat" claims extraction of >300,000 Polymarket records via alleged API flaws; dataset was posted on a cybercrime forum and amplified by Dark Web Informer. Polymarket denies a breach, stating the referenced data is publicly accessible via APIs and on-chain, framing the incident as data scraping rather than exfiltration. Incident highlights crypto/DeFi security and API risks, tensions between on-chain transparency and data scraping, and potential regulatory/reputational implications for Polymarket.
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- Threat actor claims over 300,000 Polymarket records extracted using API flaws and exploits.
- Polymarket denies breach, says all referenced data is publicly accessible via APIs and on-chain.
- Dispute highlights tension between data scraping claims and decentralized transparency model.
Dark Web Informer, a cybercrime watcher on X, highlighted a major data breach at Polymarket. He alleges that over 300,000 records were extracted using API weaknesses. Meanwhile, Polymarket has denied the claim, stating the data is publicly accessible.
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A cyber threat actor identified as “xorcat” has alleged a large-scale data extraction involving Polymarket. The claim appeared on a cybercrime forum and was amplified by Dark Web Informer on X.
According to the post, the actor released a dataset containing more than 300,000 records, alongside…
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