{
  "id": 17109114,
  "title": "Polymarket pauses trading after $2.65 million exploit, says third-party provider was compromised",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/polymarket-pauses-trading-after-2-65-million-exploit-says-third-party",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-29T19:00:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Block",
    "slug": "the-block",
    "url": "https://www.theblock.co/news/defi/2026-10-29-polymarket-exploit-2-5-million-cancel-only-mode-432158"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "After over $2.5 million was lost within minutes on Polymarket, the platform said it has since placed its exchange in cancel-only mode.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Forbes",
        "title": "Polymarket ‘Fully Reimbursing’ Users After Halting International Trading Amid ‘Compromised’ Third-Party Provider",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/polymarket-fully-reimbursing-users-after-halting-international",
        "published": "2026-10-29T19:19:24.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}