
It should be fine—those affected will be fully compensated. The incident occurred because a third-party service used by @Polymarket’s international platform was compromised and hacked, not due to any issue with the smart contract itself. Some user accounts were drained, prompting the platform to temporarily suspend trading. The official response was swift: 🔹 02:05: Status page reported a major API outage; the exchange switched to order-cancellation-only mode and halted relay operations. 🔹 02:33: Official statement confirmed the issue was identified and resolved, authorities were notified, and all affected users will be reimbursed. 🔹 02:54: Notification announced restoration around 03:00. 🔹 03:00: Trading fully resumed. From downtime to restoration, it took approximately 55 minutes, with the first official statement issued just 28 minutes after the outage. The official loss amount has not been disclosed, but The Block reported approximately $2.65 million stolen—transferred within minutes. On-chain tracking shows that the address 0x3F99...fc18 received roughly $2.68 million within one hour, starting from zero.
